title: Severely calcified pericardium: the Crown of Thorns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain. framan1@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rubio-Alvarez
authors.forename: Anxo Martinez
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Alegria
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sierra-Quiroga
authors.forename: Jose Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martinez-Comendador
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010496:Pericardium; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed