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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 56, 1405-1406, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Congenital absence of the pericardium: displacement of the heart associated with tricuspid insufficiency

JA van Son, GK Danielson and JA Callahan
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.

This report describes a patient with congenital absence of the left pericardium with displacement of the heart into the left pleural space and associated tricuspid insufficiency. Excision of the ruptured chordae, plication of the flail anterior leaflet, and tricuspid annuloplasty rendered a competent tricuspid valve.

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