title: Isolated pericardial agenesis revealed by bradycardia and heart MRI in a healthy 5-year-old child.
abstract: We present a five-year-old boy with an unremarkable medical history who was incidentally found to have bradycardia and electrocardiographic signs of right axial deviation. Initial echocardiogram showed left displacement of the cardiac apex with slight enlargement of the right ventricle, while frontal chest radiograph showed a lucent area between the aorta and pulmonary artery. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging finally revealed a partial left pericardial agenesis and abnormal displacement of the heart into the left hemithorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sciences, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Iliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bersani
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rigante
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Nisco
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.forename: Gaetano Antonio
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: Achille
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stabile
authors.forename: Angelica Bibiana
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Delogu
mesh_terms: D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities