title: Partial pericardial defect incidentally discovered during coronary bypass surgery.
abstract: A 71-yr-old male patient with three vessel coronary artery disease underwent a coronary artery bypass graft. The patient was found to have a large pericardial defect at the apex of the heart that measured approximately 18 cm in circumference. The edge of the pericardial defect impinged on the epicardial coronary arteries. The left phrenic nerve descended via the dorsal boundary of the pericardial defect. Following coronary artery bypass grafting, the pericardial defect was repaired with a polytetrafluorethylene patch. The patient had an uncomplicated postoperative course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Medical School, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kuk Hui
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Ho Sung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Eun Jeong
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kyung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010791:Phrenic Nerve; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene