 Pericardium
"Pericardium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A conical fibro-serous sac surrounding the HEART and the roots of the great vessels (AORTA; VENAE CAVAE; PULMONARY ARTERY). Pericardium consists of two sacs, the outer fibrous pericardium and the inner serous pericardium. The latter consists of an outer parietal layer facing the fibrous pericardium, and an inner visceral layer (epicardium) resting next to the heart, and a pericardial cavity between these two layers.
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D010496
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.795 A10.615.789.470
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericardium" by people in Profiles.
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Clark BC, Opfermann JD, Davis TD, Krieger A, Berul CI. Single-incision percutaneous pericardial ICD lead placement in a piglet model. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2017 Sep; 28(9):1098-1104.
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Ramakrishnan KV, Aljohani OA, John AS, Sinha P. Transatrial Endocardial Placement of Epicardial Pacing Lead. J Card Surg. 2016 Feb; 31(2):127-8.
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Jordan CP, Wu K, Costello JP, Ishibashi N, Krieger A, Kane TD, Kim P, Berul CI. Minimally invasive resynchronization pacemaker: a pediatric animal model. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Dec; 96(6):2210-3.
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Singh KE, Baum VC. The anesthetic management of cardiovascular trauma. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2011 Feb; 24(1):98-103.
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Jonas RA. Aortic valve repair for congenital and balloon-induced aortic regurgitation. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2010; 13(1):60-5.
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Jonas R. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Aug; 88(2):593.
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Nath DS, Wells WJ, Reemtsen BL. Mechanical occlusion of the inferior vena cava: an unusual complication after repair of pectus excavatum using the nuss procedure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May; 85(5):1796-8.
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Dickfeld T, Lei P, Dilsizian V, Jeudy J, Dong J, Voudouris A, Peters R, Saba M, Shekhar R, Shorofsky S. Integration of three-dimensional scar maps for ventricular tachycardia ablation with positron emission tomography-computed tomography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Jan; 1(1):73-82.
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Ishibashi N, Kasegawa H, Koyanagi T, Ida T. Mechanism of hemolysis after mitral valve repair and new surgical management: prosthetic annuloplasty ring covered with autologous pericardium. J Heart Valve Dis. 2005 Sep; 14(5):588-91.
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