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Left-side pericardial agenesis: Putting the pieces together
- Source :
- Echocardiography. 35:420-422
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- A 56-year-old woman complained of atypical chest pain. At initial diagnostic workup, chest radiograph and transthoracic echocardiogram depict specific findings that raised the suspicion of pericardial agenesis. Cardiac computed tomography showed extreme levoposition of the heart and interposition of lung parenchyma between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. Those findings were consistent with the diagnosis of left-side pericardial agenesis, which was subsequently confirmed in cardiac magnetic resonance study. Left-side pericardial agenesis is rare and can result in nonspecific symptoms. An integrated multimodality imaging approach may provide incremental value on diagnosis approach. Its benign prognosis allows a conservative approach.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cardiac computed tomography
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pericardial agenesis
medicine.artery
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
030212 general & internal medicine
Aorta
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Atypical chest pain
Middle Aged
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Echocardiography
Pulmonary artery
Female
Radiology
Transthoracic echocardiogram
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Chest radiograph
business
Cardiac magnetic resonance
Pericardium
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07422822
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Echocardiography
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9138c0480bb1c36e99ceb3c48278cfdd