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  • Title: Teardrop sign: echocardiographic features in cardiac herniation.
    Author: Tsang TS, Freeman WK, Miller FA, Seward JB.
    Journal: J Am Soc Echocardiogr; 1998 Jan; 11(1):74-6. PubMed ID: 9487474.
    Abstract:
    Cardiac herniation through an acquired pericardial defect is potentially fatal. Typically, symptoms manifest within days of a surgical procedure. We describe a patient with late ventricular herniation after surgical formation of an apical pericardial window.
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