title: Congenital absence of the pericardium associated with atrial septal defect and sick sinus syndrome.
abstract: We describe the case of a 42-year-old woman with a rare combination of congenital pericardial absence, atrial septal defect within the fossa ovalis and sick sinus syndrome. The features of the different examinations performed (chest X-ray, ECG, ambulatory ECG-monitoring, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization) are reported and discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000150:complications*