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Calcified chronic constrictive pericarditis: an egg in the chest

Author(s) -

Erwan Flécher,

J.-F. Heautot,

Issam Abouliatim,

Alain Leguerrier

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.09.047

Subject(s) - medicine , pericarditis , cardiology , constrictive pericarditis

Fig. 2. Computed tomography confirmed the highly calcified pericarditis with maximal thickness measured at 19 mm and only a small antero-apical region free of calcification. * Corresponding author. Address: Chirurgie Cardiothoracique et Vasculaire, Hopital Universitaire Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35 000 Rennes, France. Tel.: +33 2 99 28 24 97; fax: +33 2 99 28 24 96. E-mail address: erwan.flecher@chu-rennes.fr (E. Flecher).

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