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Gerfer, Stephen, Schlachtenberger, Georg, Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh, Wippermann, Jens and Wahlers, Thorsten (2019). Constrictive pericarditis with a life-threatening giant pericardial cyst and pectus excavatum as unusual cause for malign cardiac arrhythmias. Perfusion-UK, 34 (6). S. 516 - 519. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1477-111X

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Abstract

Pericardial cysts are rare, abnormal, benign and usually congenital anomalies with an estimated incidence of 1:100.000 and are caused by an incomplete coalescence of foetal lacunae of pericardium development. The size of pericardial cysts varies from 1 to 5 cm and generally do not cause any symptoms. Pectus excavatum is one of the most frequent chest wall abnormalities with a caved-in appearance of the chest and mostly of unknown pathogenesis. We present a rare case of constrictive pericarditis with a huge pericardial cyst (11.6 x 8.7 x 7.1 cm) and pectus excavatum which led to compression of the heart and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Gerfer, Stephen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schlachtenberger, Georg UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wippermann, Jens UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wahlers, Thorsten UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-142878
DOI:	10.1177/0267659119826827
Journal or Publication Title:	Perfusion-UK
Volume:	34
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 516 - 519
Date:	2019
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1477-111X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems; Peripheral Vascular Disease Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14287