The day when the echocardiographist went mushrooming….
We report a case of partial congenital absence of the pericardium associated with severe aortic stenosis on a bicuspid valve in a 72-year-old man. Diagnosis was based on echocardiography and confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging, and the patient benefited from pericardioplasty and aortic valve replacement.
Division of Cardiology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano (TO), Italy.
Paola
P
Destefanis
Division of Cardiology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano (TO), Italy. um6erto@gmail.com.
Umberto
U
Barbero
Division of Cardiology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano (TO), Italy.
Alessia
A
Luciano
Division of Cardiology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano (TO), Italy.
Ilaria
I
Salvetti
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Mauriziano "Umberto I" Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Edoardo
E
Zingarelli
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Mauriziano "Umberto I" Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Riccardo
R
Casabona
Division of Cardiology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano (TO), Italy.
Roberto
R
Pozzi
Congenital; Echocardiography; Pericardioplasty; Pericardium