Partial Absence of the Left Pericardium

Rowland, Thomas W.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970430060017

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“…If some cases are associated with a florid symptomatology (syncope, chest pain, arrhythmia or death due to herniation, incarceration or torsion of the left atrial appendage through the defect) [3][4][5], most are incidentally discovered.…”

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Congenital Pericardial Defect

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Noirhomme

2002

Cardiovascular Surgery

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A 72-yr-old man was electively admitted for cardiac revascularisation 6 weeks after an inaugural inferior infarct. His physical examination and laboratory test were unremarkable. According to his coronarography the patient was programmed for an off pump coronary artery bypass. During surgery the heart was found to be completely herniated in the left chest, passing on the posterior aspect of the phrenic nerve. Symptomatology and complications of congenital pericardial defects are reviewed.

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Congenital Pericardial Defect

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“…Magnetic resonance imaging has been proven to be useful in the diagnosis of absent left pericardium [6,12] . Cross-sectional echocardiography was used to diagnose partial absence of the left pericardium with herniation of the left atrial appendage in a 10-year-old patient [11] . In this case, the left atrial appendage appeared elongated and extended posteriorly behind the main pulmonary artery .…”

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