Population
1 7-year-old coloured girl with partial defect of the pericardium with prolapse and partial incarceration of…
Design
Case_report
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Rare congenital pericardial defects may cause fatal apex incarceration; leaves open whether screening alters outcomes in asymptomatic cases.
A congenital partial defect of the pericardium can lead to fatal prolapse and incarceration of the cardiac apex.
E Brüning (1962) studied this question.
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