The pericardium - a comprehensive textbook

488 Pages·1997·21.248 MB·English

by  David H. Spodick

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The Pericardium
A Comprehensive Textbook
David H. Spodick

NATIONAL INSTATES OF HEALTH
NIH LIBRARY
JAN 6 1997

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The Pericardium
The opened normal pericardium and heart in situ. The epicardial mesothelium
is transparent; the parietal pericardium-mesothelium and fibrosa- is translucent.
A curved probe is in the pericardial tranverse sinus (see also Figures 2.1 and
2.3). ( From Spodick, Acute Pericarditis, 1959; author’s copyright.)
The Pericardium
A Comprehensive Textbook
David H. Spodick, m.d.,d.sc.,
EA.C.C., EC.C.P, EA.C.P.
Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School;
Director of Clinical Cardiology
and Cardiovascular Fellowship Training
Saint Vincent Hospital
Worcester, Massachusetts
Marcel Dekker, Inc. NewYork*Basel*Hong Kong
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spodick, David H.
The pericardium : a comprehensive textbook / David H. Spodick.
p. cm. — (Fundamental and clinical cardiology ; v. 27)
Includes index.
ISBN: 0-8247-9316-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Pericardium—Diseases. I. Title. II. Series.
[DNLM: 1. Pericardium. 2. Pericarditis. W1 FU538TD v.27 1997 /
WG 275 S762p 1997]
RC685.P5S725 1997
616.1T—dc20
DNLM/DLC
for Library of Congress 96-43173
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