Congenital absence of anterior pericardium at left ventricular assist device implantation.
We report a case of congenital absence of the anterior pericardium in a 41-year-old man who was undergoing implantation of a left ventricular assist device for treatment of congestive heart failure.
Messner
Gregory N
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Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. messgreg@netscape.net
Prendergast
Peter
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Wadia
Yasmin
Y
Chu
Thomas
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Gregoric
Igor D
ID
Flamm
Scott D
SD
Frazier
O H
OH
D000328:Adult; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000601:surgery*