Surgical resection of circumferential epicardial adipose tissue hypertrophy: Case report and systematic review of the literature

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Feb;151(2):e27-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.083. Epub 2015 Sep 26.

Authors

Hassiba Smail¹, Andrei Baciu², Jean-Nicolas Dacher³, Pierre-Yves Litzler²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France. Electronic address: Hassibasmail@yahoo.fr.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France.
³ Department of Radiology, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France.

PMID: 26414152
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.083

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Publication types

Case Reports
Review
Systematic Review
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue / pathology
Adipose Tissue / surgery*
Decompression, Surgical / methods*
Female
Heart Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Diseases / surgery*
Humans
Hypertrophy
Lipomatosis / diagnosis
Lipomatosis / surgery*
Middle Aged
Pericardiectomy*
Pericardium / pathology
Pericardium / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome