Key result
Systematic clinical and multimodality imaging approach guides evaluation of suspected congenital absence of the pericardium.
Why the study?
Limited data are available regarding the optimal approach to diagnose and manage patients with suspected congenital absence of the pericardium, a rare condition causing diagnostic and management dilemmas.
This review provides a systematic framework for diagnosing and managing the rare condition of congenital absence of the pericardium using multimodality imaging.
May guide evaluation of rare congenital pericardial absence; leaves open prospective validation of the proposed framework.
Congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP) is a rare condition. Failure to recognize the clinical features of this condition can lead to incorrect and delayed diagnosis. Limited data are available regarding the optimal approach to diagnose and manage patients with suspected CAP. Due to the rare nature of CAP, this condition can present diagnostic and management dilemmas for clinicians. Using 3 cases of CAP as a framework, a clinically focused review on the diagnosis and management of CAP is presented. Clinicians will be provided with a systematic approach to evaluating patients with suspected CAP, incorporating key history, examination, and multimodality cardiovascular imaging investigations.
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Xu et al. (2016) conducted a review in Congenital absence of the pericardium (n=3). Systematic approach to diagnosis and management was evaluated. A systematic approach incorporating key history, examination, and multimodality cardiovascular imaging is presented for evaluating patients with suspected congenital absence of the pericardium.
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