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Partial left sided absence of pericardium

MedGen UID:
868845
•Concept ID:
C4023255
•
Congenital Abnormality
HPO: HP:0011634

Definition

A congenital anomaly with lack of part of the pericardium on the lefthand side of the heart. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPartial left sided absence of pericardium

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Magnetic resonance imaging differentiated partial from complete absence of the left pericardium in a case of leftward displacement of the heart.
Yamano T, Sawada T, Sakamoto K, Nakamura T, Azuma A, Nakagawa M
Circ J 2004 Apr;68(4):385-8. doi: 10.1253/circj.68.385. PMID: 15056840

Diagnosis

Partial Congenital Absence of The Pericardium: A Case Report.
Benameur N, Arous Y, Landolsi M, Chenik S, Abdallah NB, Kraiem T
Braz J Cardiovasc Surg 2019 Dec 1;34(5):633-636. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2018-0357. PMID: 31165613Free PMC Article
Congenital defects of the pericardium: a review.
Shah AB, Kronzon I
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015 Aug;16(8):821-7. Epub 2015 May 23 doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jev119. PMID: 26003149
Congenital absence of the pericardium and its mimics.
Verde F, Johnson PT, Jha S, Fishman EK, Zimmerman SL
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2013 Jan-Feb;7(1):11-7. Epub 2013 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.01.003. PMID: 23452995
Sudden cardiac arrest due to subtotal absence of left-sided pericardium--case report and review of the literature.
Steinberg C, Pelletier MJ, Perron J, Kumar A, Champagne J
Congenit Heart Dis 2013 May-Jun;8(3):E92-8. Epub 2012 Jun 14 doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00686.x. PMID: 22698265
Jugular phlebogram in congenital absence of the pericardium.
Matsuhisa M, Shimomura K, Beppu S, Nakajima K
Am Heart J 1986 Nov;112(5):1004-10. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(86)90313-3. PMID: 3776796

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