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Celiac Artery Compression After a Spine Fracture, and Pericardium Rupture After Blunt Trauma: A Case Report from a Single Injury [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2021
Celiac artery compression is a rare condition in which the celiac artery is compressed by the median arcuate ligament. Case reports of compression after trauma are hard to find. Blunt traumatic pericardium rupture is also a rare condition.
Joongsuck Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Sung Hwan Kim, Seong Hoon Jung, Jeong Eun Sohn, Kwangmin Lee   +5 more
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Yak Pericardium as an Alternative Biomaterial for Transcatheter Heart Valves

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has received much attention and development in the past decade due to its lower risk of complication and infections compared to a traditional open thoracotomy.
Mingzhe Song, Mingzhe Song, Zhenjie Tang, Zhenjie Tang, Yuhong Liu, Yuhong Liu, Xinlong Xie, Xinlong Xie, Xiaoke Qi, Xiaoke Qi, Qiying Wu, Qiying Wu, Zhenlin Jiang, Zhenlin Jiang, Zhongshi Wu, Zhongshi Wu, Tao Qian, Tao Qian   +17 more
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Boxer's pericardium [PDF]

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2003
A 65-year-old retired professional boxer presented with progressively worsening shortness of breath, peripheral oedema and mild abdominal swelling over a period of 6 months. His only past medical history was hypertension. Subsequent investigations revealed chylous ascites, pericardial constriction and bilateral chylothorax.
A, Ooi, A C, Douds, E B, Kumar, S A M, Nashef   +3 more
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The evaluation of epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with Behçet’s disease [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022
Background/Aim. Epidemiological studies indicate that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is common in almost all patients diagnosed with autoimmune disease. This study aimed to examine whether epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness (EATT) and carotid intima-
Sağlam Gonca, Turgut Mehmet Cenk, Gülcü Oktay   +2 more
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Erysipelas Complicated with Acute Exudative Pericarditis

Medicina, 2020
Erysipelas is a common skin infection of the upper dermis. Its most common complications are local; these include abscess formation, skin necrosis, etc.
Akvilė Gečaitė, Aušra Vainalavičiūtė, Daiva Emilija Rekienė, Laima Jankauskienė, Albinas Naudžiūnas   +4 more
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An unusual location of solitary fibrous tumor in heart—A case report and review of literature

Cancer Reports, 2022
Background Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) are rare spindle cell tumors originating from the mesenchymal cells mostly from the visceral pleura. SFT was first described as a distinct entity in 1931 by Klemperer et al.
Kristen Fain, Kanak Parmar, Meenu Sharma, Robert Horn, Pooja Sethi   +4 more
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Clinical and Radiographic Evaluation of Third-Generation Pericardium Membrane for the Treatment of Grade II Furcation Defect in Stage III Periodontitis Patients

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: Guided tissue regeneration, with or without a bone graft, is a modality for the treatment of furcation involvement. Because the direct application of a bone graft into the periodontal defect has drawbacks, such as the risk of ...
Mohamed O. Elboraey, Eihab A. Mously
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An unusual case report of two cases with coexisting type I aortopulmonary window with tetralogy of fallot with pulmonary atresia

Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2021
Aortopulmonary window is an uncommon truncal anomaly. Its coexistence with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia is rare. This rare complex association is always a surgical challenge due to lack of an established surgical approach.
Prateek Vaswani, Palleti Rajashekar, Velayoudam Devagourou   +2 more
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Sudden ventricular fibrillation due to absence of pericardium in left upper lobectomy -a case report- [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Background Congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP) is a rare cardiac abnormality. As pericardial defects are usually asymptomatic, most cases are diagnosed during surgery or on autopsy.
Guo-Cao Wang, Xi-Rong Li, Ning Huang, Hai-Tao Tian   +3 more
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Multi-Modality Cardiac Imaging for Pericardial Diseases: A Contemporary Review

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Advances in multi-modality cardiac imaging have aided the evaluation, surveillance and treatment guidance of pericardial diseases, which have traditionally been a challenging group of conditions to manage. Although echocardiography remains the first-line
Tom Kai Ming Wang, Allan L Klein
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