[The X-ray diagnosis of congenital absence of the pericardium].
The X-ray signs of such a rare abnormality as the congenital absence of the pericardium are presented. The results of examinations and follow-up of 4 patients with this abnormality are analyzed. The patients underwent X-ray, echocardiographic studies, cardiac catheterization and angiography. The diagnosis of the absence of pericardium was confirmed at surgery and in one case at autopsy.
A. N. Bakulev Research Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Russian Academyof Medical Sciences, Moscow.
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D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Rentgenodiagnostika vrozhdennogo otsutstviia perikarda.