Population
A 49-year-old man presenting with vague chest discomfort, found to have a partial pericardial defect with a…
Design
Case_report
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Supports pericardiotomy for symptomatic partial pericardial defects; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Surgical pericardiotomy is an effective treatment for symptomatic partial pericardial defect with ventricular constriction.
Lau et al. (1998) studied this question.
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