Key result
Echocardiography and cardiac MRI effectively characterize complete congenital absence of the pericardium.
Why the study?
Complete congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare, benign condition that often presents a diagnostic dilemma.
Case Report (n=1)
Illustrates the utility of multimodality imaging with transthoracic echocardiography and MRI in diagnosing the rare condition of congenital complete absence of the pericardium.
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Echocardiography plus MRI facilitates diagnosis of rare congenital pericardial absence; leaves open standardized protocols for larger cohorts.
Congenital complete absence of the pericardium: A multimodality imaging diagnostic approach Mantovani, Francesca ; Barbieri, Andrea; Modena, Maria Grazia 2011 Abstract The complete congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare and benign condition, which often presents a diagnostic dilemma. We reported a case of essentially complete absence of the pericardium with an otherwise normal heart in a 16 year old that was imaged with both transthoracic echocardiography and MRI. © 2010, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Mantovani et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Congenital complete absence of the pericardium (n=1). Transthoracic echocardiography and MRI was evaluated. Transthoracic echocardiography and MRI were used to image a 16-year-old patient with essentially complete congenital absence of the pericardium.
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