CASE REPORT
Year : 2018 | Volume
: 6 | Issue : 1 | Page : 16--19
A floating heart: A case of congenital pericardial agenesis associated with atrial septal defect
Anita Sadeghpour, Hoda Mombeini, Kiara Rezaie Kalantari
Echocardiography Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Hoda Mombeini
Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Valiasr Street, Tehran
Iran
Congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare condition. Diagnosis and management of this condition remain a dilemma for clinicians. Here, we report a case of 15-year-old boy who had complaint of palpitation. Considering the echocardiographic features, pericardial agenesis associated with atrial septal defect (ASD) was suspected and multimodality imaging was performed for subsequent confirmation. Mal-aligned septum leads to failure in ASD device closure; therefore, the defect was repaired surgically by using a Dacron patch. Physicians need to be aware of this disorder and its associated congenital abnormalities, to enable them to make a correct diagnosis and treatment plan.
How to cite this article:
Sadeghpour A, Mombeini H, Kalantari KR. A floating heart: A case of congenital pericardial agenesis associated with atrial septal defect.Arch Cardiovasc Imaging 2018;6:16-19
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Sadeghpour A, Mombeini H, Kalantari KR. A floating heart: A case of congenital pericardial agenesis associated with atrial septal defect. Arch Cardiovasc Imaging [serial online] 2018 [cited 2020 Sep 20 ];6:16-19
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