title: Congenital absence of the pericardium: a rare cause of right ventricular dilatation and levoposition of the heart.
abstract: Congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare cardiac defect with variable clinical presentations and is usually discovered incidentally. The pathology may lead to serious complications such as incarceration of cardiac tissue, myocardial ischemia, aortic dissection or valvular insufficiency. Diagnosis is not difficult so long as some tips are remembered. We present the cases of two patients with congenital absence of left pericardium.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. erkan.ilhan@yahoo.com.tr
authors: Erkan
authors: E
authors: Ilhan
authors: Sennur Ünal
authors: SÜ
authors: Dayi
authors: Tolga Sinan
authors: TS
authors: Güvenç
authors: Servet
authors: S
authors: Altay
authors: Memduh
authors: M
authors: Dursun
authors: Erdinç
authors: E
authors: Hatipsoylu
authors: Gülsah
authors: G
authors: Tayyareci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed