title: Right Ventricle Mimics Right Atrium at First Glance: A Rare Case of Congenital Right Sided Partial Pericardial Defect.
abstract: Among heart irregularities, congenital pericardial defect is an unusual anomaly, and is typically left dominant. However, cases of right pericardial defect with heart herniation are extremely rare. This is a case of congenital right pericardial defect with herniation of the right ventricle free wall and right ventricular outflow tract. The patient is asymptomatic and refused further intervention but even indolent discomfort underscores the risks of iatrogenic injuries to the heart and sudden death caused by mechanical pathogenesis due to changes in anatomical positions of the cardiac structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine.
authors.forename: Meitzu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: Tien-Yu
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Cheng-Hsin Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wei-Hsian
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Cheng-Hsin Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yung-Nien
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Congenital right pericardial defect; Heart herniation