[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.
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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.