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Highlights the use of multimodality imaging (TTE and chest CT) to diagnose congenital complete absence of the pericardium, a rare developmental abnormality, in a patient presenting with syncope.
This article describes a patient who presented to the ED after multiple episodes of syncope. His physical examination was unremarkable and an initial workup was negative. Transthoracic echocardiography and chest CT confirmed the diagnosis of congenital complete absence of the pericardium, a rare developmental abnormality most common in men.
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