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Pathology of the Pericardium

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The pericardium is a fibroelastic sac surrounding the heart that influences its functionality, maintaining the heart in a mediastinal fixed position and protecting it against infections and tumoral invasions. The pericardium prevents excessive dilation of the heart, distributes hydrostatic forces and facilitates ventricular coupling during diastole.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Histopathology Section, Forensic Pathology Department, Institute of Legal Medicine, Valencia, Spain

    Pilar Molina

  2. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Pilar Molina

  3. Histopathology Service, National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Las Rozas (Madrid), Spain

    Beatriz Aguilera

  4. Heart Failure and Inherited Cardiac Diseases Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain

    Marta Cobo & Pablo García-Pavía

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  1. Department of Forensic Pathology, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cadiz, Seville, Spain

    Joaquín S. Lucena

  2. Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

    Pablo García-Pavía

  3. Histopathology Department, National Institute Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Madrid, Spain

    M. Paz Suarez-Mier

  4. Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

    Luis A. Alonso-Pulpon

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Molina, P., Aguilera, B., Cobo, M., García-Pavía, P. (2015). Pathology of the Pericardium. In: Lucena, J., García-Pavía, P., Suarez-Mier, M., Alonso-Pulpon, L. (eds) Clinico-Pathological Atlas of Cardiovascular Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11146-9_4

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