Pericardium

System Cardiovascular
SNOMED CT 181295003

Pericardium

Definition

The combination of pericardial sac (a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels) plus fibrous pericardium.

The Pericardium is a part of the Cardiovascular.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Constrictive pericarditis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pericarditis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Viral pericarditis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Penicillin G may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

1 entry above is marked DERIVED: Atlas Médico inferred it by combining two sourced claims, and no source asserts this link directly. Treat it as a navigation aid, not as a clinical statement.

Procedures

Procedure Relation Source
Pericardiectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pericardial Window Procedure Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0