"Pericardium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A conical fibro-serous sac surrounding the HEART and the roots of the great vessels (AORTA; VENAE CAVAE; PULMONARY ARTERY). Pericardium consists of two sacs: the outer fibrous pericardium and the inner serous pericardium. The latter consists of an outer parietal layer facing the fibrous pericardium, and an inner visceral layer (epicardium) resting next to the heart, and a pericardial cavity between these two layers.
| Descriptor ID |
D010496
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.795 A10.615.789.470
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| Concept/Terms |
Pericardial Cavity- Pericardial Cavity
- Cavities, Pericardial
- Cavity, Pericardial
- Pericardial Cavities
- Pericardial Space
- Pericardial Spaces
- Space, Pericardial
- Spaces, Pericardial
Serous Pericardium- Serous Pericardium
- Pericardium, Serous
- Pericardiums, Serous
- Serous Pericardiums
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericardium" by people in Profiles.
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Epicardial adipose tissue, myocardial remodelling and adverse outcomes in asymptomatic aortic stenosis: a post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Heart. 2025 Jun 26; 111(14):686-694.
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Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume As a Marker of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 08; 73(8):1412-1420.
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Metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, and artificial intelligence-based epicardial adipose tissue measures predict long-term risk of cardiac events: a prospective study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2021 01 29; 20(1):27.
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Machine learning to predict the long-term risk of myocardial infarction and cardiac death based on clinical risk, coronary calcium, and epicardial adipose tissue: a prospective study. Cardiovasc Res. 2020 12 01; 116(14):2216-2225.
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Epicardial adipose tissue is associated with extent of pneumonia and adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Metabolism. 2021 02; 115:154436.
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the salivary gland metastasizing to the pericardium and diaphragm: Report of a rare case. Diagn Cytopathol. 2021 Jan; 49(1):E31-E35.
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Deep Learning-Based Quantification of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume and Attenuation Predicts Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Asymptomatic Subjects. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 02; 13(2):e009829.
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Differential roles of insulin like growth factor 1 receptor and insulin receptor during embryonic heart development. BMC Dev Biol. 2019 03 25; 19(1):5.
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Adipogenesis and epicardial adipose tissue: a novel fate of the epicardium induced by mesenchymal transformation and PPAR? activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Feb 17; 112(7):2070-5.
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Extracardiac control of embryonic cardiomyocyte proliferation and ventricular wall expansion. Cardiovasc Res. 2015 Mar 01; 105(3):271-8.