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pericardiectomy /peri·car·di·ec·to·my/ (-kahr″de-ek´tah-me) excision of a portion of the pericardium.

per·i·car·di·ec·to·my (p

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Excision of a portion of the pericardium.

pericardiectomy

[per′i·kär′dē·ek′tə·mē]

Etymology: Gk, peri, around + kardia, heart + ektomē, excision

excision of the pericardium.

pericardiectomy [per″ĭ-kahr″de-ek´to-me]

excision of a portion of the pericardium.

pericardiectomy

excision of a portion of the pericardium.

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pericarditis			The patient subsequently underwent a pericardiectomy without complications. Constrictive pericarditis by Graves, Andrew D.; Narvaez, Juan; Fisher, Kendra; Dunbar, Richard / Applied Radiology Removal of both the parietal and visceral pericardium could eliminate the "effusive-constrictive" process; however, the decision to pursue pericardiectomy must take into account the high risk of the procedure and the overall prognosis of the patient. Cardiac tamponade: still being newly described by O'Brien, Terrence X. / Southern Medical Journal On April 5, at pericardiectomy, the pericardium was 1 cm thick and densely adherent to the heart. First report of Q fever in Oman by Musa, Mohamed / Emerging Infectious Diseases			peribronchiolitis peribronchitis pericaliceal pericallosal pericalyceal pericardectomy pericardia pericardiac pericardiacophrenic artery pericardiacophrenic vein pericardial pericardial adhesion pericardial artery pericardial cavity pericardial decompression pericardial effusion pericardial fremitus pericardial friction rub pericardial friction sound pericardial knock pericardial murmur pericardial rub pericardial tamponade pericardial vein pericardicentesis pericardiectomy pericardiocentesis pericardiolysis pericardioperitoneal pericardioperitoneal canals pericardiophrenic pericardiopleural pericardiorrhaphy pericardiostomy pericardiotomy pericarditis pericarditis obliterans pericardium pericecal pericecitis pericellular pericementitis pericervical pericholangitis pericholecystitis perichondral perichondral bone perichondrial perichondrial bone perichondritis perichondrium			pericardial murmur pericardial organ pericardial paracentesis pericardial paracentesis pericardial paracentesis pericardial rub pericardial rub pericardial rub pericardial rub pericardial rub pericardial sac pericardial sac pericardial sac Pericardial sinus pericardial space Pericardial tamponade Pericardial tamponade Pericardial tamponade pericardial vein pericardial vein pericardial veins pericardial veins pericardial veins pericardial, pleural, peritoneal fluid pericardial, pleural, peritoneal fluid pericardial, pleural, peritoneal fluid pericardial, pleural, peritoneal fluid Pericardian Pericardic pericardicentesis pericardiectomy pericardiocentesis pericardiolysis pericardioperitoneal pericardioperitoneal canals Pericardioperitoneal Diaphragmatic Hernia pericardiophrenic Pericardiophrenic artery Pericardiophrenic vessels pericardiopleural pericardiorrhaphy pericardiostomy pericardiotomy pericarditis pericarditis pericarditis pericarditis pericarditis obliterans pericarditis obliterans pericarditis obliterans Pericarditus Pericarditus Pericarditus pericardium pericardium pericardium pericardium Pericardium effusion pericarp pericarp Pericarpel

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