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Case Reports
. 1976 Apr;79(4):448-50.

Congenital partial pericardial defect: surgical correction by partial pericardiectomy through a median sternotomy

R Garcia-Rinaldi, C H McCollum 3rd, J Graham, M E De Bakey
  • PMID: 943855
Case Reports

Congenital partial pericardial defect: surgical correction by partial pericardiectomy through a median sternotomy

R Garcia-Rinaldi et al. Surgery. 1976 Apr.

Abstract

A case of symptomatic congenital pericardial defect with herniation of the left atrial appendage is reported. The patient had experienced increasing fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath, and slight cyanosis. A partial pericardiectomy through a median sternotomy was performed and the patient made an uneventful recovery.

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