Pulmonary and systemic venous flow patterns assessed by transesophageal Doppler echocardiography in congenital absence of the pericardium.
In conclusion, alterations in venous return are more marked in the right side of the heart than in the left side of the heart in patients with complete absence of the left pericardium.
Fukuda
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Japan.
Oki
T
T
Iuchi
A
A
Tabata
T
T
Manabe
K
K
Kageji
Y
Y
Sasaki
M
M
Yamada
H
H
Ito
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000503:physiopathology*