(a.) Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cercaria, microcercous in type, is liberated and actively penetrates a second terrestrial pulmonate where development to the free metacercarial stage takes place in the pericardial cavity.
(2) Emergency CT showed evidence of pericardial effusion suggesting hemopericardium, enlargement of the ascending aorta and a peripheral semilunar filling defect which caused a slight deformation of the true channel.
(3) These include the transmitter at intraganglionic synapses, transmitters of the pair of inhibitory and the two pairs of acceleratory fibers, and neurohormones released from the pericardial organs.
(4) A patient with milk of calcium (MOC) pericardial fluid secondary to radiation therapy is presented.
(5) The significance of these findings in the differential diagnosis of pericardial disease is discussed.
(6) On the basis of this experience, further investigation of the intrapericardial administration of cisplatin as treatment to control malignant pericardial effusions appears warranted.
(7) The SVC was reconstructed by means of a pericardial patch; during reconstruction a temporary intraluminal bypass was set up to obtain a proper venous return to the right atrium.
(8) A small group of pericardial cells was embedded in the adventitia along the mid-ventral side of the DV, and clusters of pericardial cells were found attached to the alary muscles.
(9) We challenge this pessimistic approach, and describe here our experience with seven patients with solid tumors, in whom pericardial effusion was diagnosed; one of them is described in detail.
(10) However, we recently experienced a case in which two gastric tube ulcers occurred three months postoperatively; one penetrating into the pericardial cavity and the other into the left brachiocephalic vein.
(11) Of these 65 donors, 46 had normal studies, nine had pericardial effusions, five had mild septal hypokinesia with otherwise normal function, four had equivocal mitral valve prolapse, and only one heart could not be visualized.
(12) Measurement of cardiac enzymes in blood and pericardial fluid at necropsy can provide valuable additional information in cases of sudden death as a result of myocardial ischaemia which have occurred before macroscopic or microscopic evidence of myocardial infarction.
(13) The treatment requires closure of the pericardial tear as a routine owing to the risk of fatal complications due to dislocation of the heart.
(14) The terminology of the pericardial sinuses and recesses has been inconsistent, and the authors propose a nomenclature for standardizing the names of the recesses of the serous pericardium.
(15) In the multiple pathology of a non-specialised patient group in internal medicine, 1,2% presented with a pericardial disorder.
(16) It is often difficult to predict outcome in hospitalized patients with pericardial effusion.
(17) Such a presentation of the pericardial mesothelioma is distinctly rare.
(18) Pericardial effusion, ventral edema, and ascites began to resolve within 3 days after beginning dexamethasone treatment.
(19) A pericardial window and a permanent demand pacemaker were used in the first case; an aorto-coronary vein grafting was utilized in the second patient.
(20) diastasis recti abdominis with pericardial hernia, ventral defect of the diaphragm, partial defect of the sternum, and tetralogy of Fallot.
Pericardium
Definition:
(n.) The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data demonstrate that 1) the pericardium increases ventricular interaction in both preterm and newborn lambs and 2) the relative percentage increase is similar for both age groups and not age dependent.
(2) Two patients had hilar lymph node metastases, one of them had also involvement of pericardium.
(3) The technique described involves placement of an intraluminal shunt and resection of the involved caval wall with reconstruction using autologous pericardium.
(4) 6 patients had thickened pericardium, and 3 had constrictive features.
(5) Experience with glutaraldehyde- and glycerol-treated pericardium in valvular applications in sheep support these observations.
(6) In addition, there are basic differences in the PNI formation on aldehyde-treated pericardium and natural aortic valves as compared to the Dacron fabric.
(7) Wide resection of tumor including pericardium, chest wall, left lung and left brachiocephalic vein was performed.
(8) The terminology of the pericardial sinuses and recesses has been inconsistent, and the authors propose a nomenclature for standardizing the names of the recesses of the serous pericardium.
(9) Two previously unnamed recesses within the serous pericardium are defined and named, one the inferior aortic recess of the transverse sinus and the other, the right pulmonic recess of the transverse sinus.
(10) Complete or partial absence of the pericardium is a relatively rare disorder.
(11) A review of 30 chest scans without evidence of heart disease showed that the pericardium can be seen in the majority of cases.
(12) The pericardium microcirculatory bed of rabbits was studied under conditions of hypokinesia of different duration.
(13) Fifty-one episodes of acute cardiac tamponade were induced to decompensation (decline in mean aortic blood pressure to 70% of the level present when the pericardium was free of fluid) in 6 dogs by intrapericardial infusion of warmed saline solution.
(14) A case of pericardial rupture with herniation of the heart through the pericardium into the left hemithorax is described.
(15) The artificial pericardium reduced adhesion, thus facilitating reoperation in implants lasting up to a month.
(16) Early recognition of these tumors within the pericardium is important since surgical removal is often curative.
(17) Its specific applications in surgical planning include the question of chest wall invasion, brachial plexus involvement, and transgression of the diaphragm, pericardium, or lung apex.
(18) The tumor was excised with the thymic glands together with the involved ascending aorta and pericardium.
(19) This follows from the fact that measured left ventricular diastolic pressure is equal to the sum of the pressure differences accross the myocardium and the pericardium.
(20) These results indicate that glutaraldehyde-tanned bovine pericardium can induce immunologic responses in vivo consistent with a host-versus-graft reaction.