European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 22, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(14):1752; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn038
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Pericardial cyst rupture mimicking acute aortic syndrome
1 Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital Cardiovascular Center, 5-3-1 Chikami, Kumamoto 861-4193, Japan
2 Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Kumamoto, Japan
3 Division of Pathology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Kumamoto, Japan
* Corresponding author. Tel: +81 96 351 8000; Fax: +81 96 351 8513, Email: kazuhiro-nishigami@saiseikaikumamoto.jp
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A 75-year-old man presented with chest pain and syncope. An urgent contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed