title: Congenital partial pericardial defect: surgical correction by partial pericardiectomy through a median sternotomy.
abstract: A case of symptomatic congenital pericardial defect with herniation of the left atrial appendage is reported. The patient had experienced increasing fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath, and slight cyanosis. A partial pericardiectomy through a median sternotomy was performed and the patient made an uneventful recovery.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery