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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 10, 473-476, Copyright © 1996 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Congenital absence of the left pericardium with extreme intrathoracic displacement of the heart. Case report and review of the literature

P Gersbach, U Kaufmann and U Althaus
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland.

Large pericardial defects are exceptional and difficult to diagnose. A 62-year-old man underwent elective coronary surgery which was seriously complicated by the unexpected intrapleural position of the heart due to the absence of a large amount of pericardium on the left. It appeared retrospectively that the patient had presented typical signs of the malformation and these are described in detail.




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