title: [Pericardial defect incidentaly noticed during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting; report of a case].
abstract: We experienced a rare case of congenital pericardial defect incidentally found during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)[OPCAB]. We performed off-pump for a 61-year-old man. He was asymptomatic but was noted to have an abnormal chest X-ray showing the enlarged heart. He had right ventricule lifting upward and apex shifting far to left side. Partial absence of the left pericardium was found. The surgery was technically more demanding than usual, because of heart rotation and inadequate pericardial stitch.
authors: Second Department of Surgery, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
authors: Ken
authors: K
authors: Nakamura
authors: Tetsuro
authors: T
authors: Uchida
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Mizumoto
authors: Ryota
authors: R
authors: Miyazaki
authors: Cholsu
authors: C
authors: Kim
authors: Yukihiro
authors: Y
authors: Yoshimura
authors: Mitsuaki
authors: M
authors: Sadahiro
mesh_terms: D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*