Total agenesis of the left pericardium

Total agenesis of the left pericardium

This is the report of a 46-year-old patient with the preoperative diagnosis of an atrial septal defect (ASD) of the ostium secudum type. After sternectomy, partial agenesis of the left pericardium was diagnosed. It is our opinion that, if the radiographic picture is suggestive of this entity, a clinical search for cardiopulmonary anomalies should be performed, because the majority of these associated anomalies can and should be surgically corrected.

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Main Authors: Lobo Fº,J. Glauco, Oliveira,Ricardo R. Maia, Siqueira,Rafael Pontes de, Landim,Rodrigo M., Albuquerque,João Marcelo A.C. de, Gomes,Carlos Bellini G., Borges,Elita, Leitão,Maria Claúdia, Paes Jr,J. Nogueira
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC 1999
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X1999000900007
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Summary:This is the report of a 46-year-old patient with the preoperative diagnosis of an atrial septal defect (ASD) of the ostium secudum type. After sternectomy, partial agenesis of the left pericardium was diagnosed. It is our opinion that, if the radiographic picture is suggestive of this entity, a clinical search for cardiopulmonary anomalies should be performed, because the majority of these associated anomalies can and should be surgically corrected.

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