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Combined congenital pericardial and diaphragmatic defects: a case report
R Tosson1, B Korbmacher, H D Schulte
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Cardiovascular Surgery (London, England)
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
This report describes the case of a 62-year-old woman who had a preoperative diagnosis of mitral valve insufficiency. At operation her heart was covered by fat which was identified as omental tissue. The pathogenesis, clinical presentation and management of this disorder are presented.