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Pericardiectomy

Known as: Pericardectomies, Pericardiectomies, Excision of Pericardium 
Surgical excision (total or partial) of a portion of the pericardium. Pericardiotomy refers to incision of the pericardium.
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Cardiovascular systemEducational aspectsPericardial sac structurePericardiostomy

Broader (2)

ExcisionSurgical incisions

Narrower (1)

Pericardiolysis

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Cantú syndrome: Report of nine new cases and expansion of the clinical phenotype
Cantú syndrome, a rare disorder of congenital hypertrichosis, characteristic facial anomalies, cardiomegaly, and… 
2000
2000
The history of parathyroid surgery, 1850-1996: the Excelsior Surgical Society 1998 Edward D Churchill Lecture.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Pericardial diseases, with a focus on etiology, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, new diagnostic imaging methods, and treatment.
Recent advances in the study of pericardial disorders have opened new diagnostic windows to the heart through the pericardial sac… 
1984
1984
Constrictive pericarditis associated with combined idiopathic retroperitoneal and mediastinal fibrosis.
Review
1979
Review
1979
Reevaluation of the Boerhaave syndrome. A review of fourteen cases.
Review
1978
Review
1978
The pericardium: an essay on some recent developments.
Review
1975
Review
1975
Acute bacterial percarditis in children: report of 25 cases.
Review
1975
Review
1975
Aortic valve incompetence and replacement in rheumatoid arthritis.
Five cases of aortic incompetence and nodular seropositive rheumatoid arthritis are presented. Four cases underwent aortic valve… 
1973
1973
Pericardial tamponade in chronic-hemodialysis patients treatment by pericardectomy.
Uremic pericarditis, often with cardiac tamponade, is an infrequent but difficult problem, since the number of uremic patients… 
1967
1967
Revascularization of the right and left coronary arterial systems: Internal mammary artery implantation, epicardiectomy and free omental graft operation∗
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