Abstract
Under a surgical point of view, the different pathological pericardial entities may be grouped into non-constrictive, constrictive pericardial diseases and tumours (Fig. 7.1) [1].
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Imazio, M. (2016). Surgery for Pericardial Diseases. In: Myopericardial Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27156-9_7
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