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    The pericardium (pl.: pericardia), also called pericardial sac, is a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels. It has...
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    is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pericardial cavity. The pericardium is a two-part membrane surrounding the heart: the outer fibrous connective...
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  • The Pericardium network includes the pericardial sac, the Pericardium meridian, the small intestine and some parts of the brain. The Pericardium is also...
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    Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium, the fibrous sac surrounding the heart. Symptoms typically include sudden onset of sharp chest pain, which...
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    is noted for being the first American to perform the suturing of the pericardium on record. Spanish surgeon Francisco Romero was documented with performing...
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    relative to the pericardium – the anterior mediastinum being in front of the pericardium, the middle mediastinum contains the pericardium and its contents...
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    Heart (section Pericardium)
    which prevent backflow. The heart is enclosed in a protective sac, the pericardium, which also contains a small amount of fluid. The wall of the heart is...
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    syndrome that causes defects involving the diaphragm, abdominal wall, pericardium, heart and lower sternum. There are five characteristic findings in pentalogy...
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    procedure where fluid is aspirated from the pericardium (the sac enveloping the heart). The pericardium is a fibrous sac surrounding the heart composed...
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  • Zangfu (section Pericardium)
    Exterior Pathogenic Factors. Like the Heart, the Pericardium governs blood and stores the mind. The Pericardium's corresponding yang channel is assigned to the...
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    the layers of the serous membrane are called parietal and visceral pericardium. For the lungs they are called parietal and visceral pleura. The visceral...
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    Constrictive pericarditis is a condition characterized by a thickened, fibrotic pericardium, limiting the heart's ability to function normally. In many cases, the...
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  • serous tissues of the body, the tissues lining the lungs (pleura), heart (pericardium), and the inner lining of the abdomen (peritoneum) and organs within...
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    serous fluid secreted by the serous layer of the pericardium into the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of two layers, an outer fibrous layer...
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    surrounding the heart, the pericardium) usually lasting less than 4 to 6 weeks. It is the most common condition affecting the pericardium. Chest pain is one of...
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  • serous fluid secreted by the serous layer of the pericardium into the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of two layers, an outer fibrous layer...
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    heart, leading to tamponade. The pericardium, the double-walled sac surrounding the heart, consists of a fibrous pericardium layer on the outside and a double-layered...
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    where it runs anterior to the root of the lung and between the fibrous pericardium and mediastinal parietal pleura. The right phrenic nerve passes over...
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    performed pericardium surgery to repair a wound. On September 6, 1891, Henry Dalton had been the first American to successfully perform pericardium surgery...
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    specifying it as:[citation needed] Pericarditis is the inflammation of the pericardium Myocarditis is the inflammation of the heart muscle Endocarditis is the...
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  • pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart or the pericardium (the outer lining of the heart). It consists of fever, pleuritic pain...
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  • pericarditis appearing in a single individual, namely inflammation of both the pericardium and the heart muscle. It can involve the presence of fluid in the heart...
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    stomatodeum or stomatodaeum, is a depression between the brain and the pericardium in an embryo, and is the precursor to the mouth and the anterior lobe...
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    understood. Fibrinous pericarditis is an exudative inflammation. The pericardium is infiltrated by the fibrinous exudate. This consists of fibrin strands...
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    The ascending aorta is contained within the pericardium, and is enclosed in a tube of the serous pericardium, common to it and the pulmonary artery. The...
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    Pericardial cavity pericardial sinus Pericardium fibrous pericardium sternopericardial ligaments serous pericardium epicardium/visceral layer fold of left...
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  • part or most of the pericardium. This operation is most commonly used to relieve constrictive pericarditis, or to remove a pericardium that is calcified...
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    a thick middle layer between the outer layer of the heart wall (the pericardium) and the inner layer (the endocardium), with blood supplied via the coronary...
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    Foot, Lesser Yin". Abbreviated as PC or P, named 手厥阴心包经穴; 手厥陰心包經 "The Pericardium channel of Hand, Faint Yin". Also known as San Jiao, triple-heater, triple-warmer...
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    hemorrhage within the pericardium. In a pericardial hemorrhage, the external sac covering the heart -- called the pericardium -- fills with blood. This...
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