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Total absence of the pericardium

Known as: Congenital absence of the pericardium 
No pericardium around the heart, occurring as a congenital defect, not the result of a surgical pericardectomy. [DDD:dbrown]
National Institutes of Health

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Congenital pericardial defect

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1986
1986
[The role of echocardiography and pulsed Doppler in the congenital absence of the pericardium. Description of 2 cases].
Congenital absence of the left pericardium, partial or complete, is an uncommon cardiac defect. Most patients affected by this… 
1975
1975
[Complete congenital absence of the pericardium].
1962
1962
[A case of perforating injury to the left ventricle of the heart in congenital total absence of the pericardium].