Congenital Complete Absence of the Pericardium
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Congenital complete absence of the pericardium.
A38-year-old woman with ill-defined chest pain had an abnormal x-ray 8 years before her only pregnancy. She had been unable to bear down during delivery, but gestation was otherwise uncomplicated, yielding a normal female offspring. She subsequently experienced left-sided chest pain that awakened her from sleep when turning into either a right or left lateral decubitus position. The pain was pu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/hc2501.092237