منابع مشابه
Congenital Absence of the Pericardium
Congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare cardiac malformation and is most often asymptomatic. It is usually discovered as an incidental finding. Physical examination, chest radiography, and electrocardiogram are often unremarkable. Echocardiography provides valuable information, and sometimes computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is needed for subsequent confirmation.
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A 71-year-old male presented with atypical chest pain and dilatation of the right ventricle on echocardiography and was referred for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) for suspected arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. CMR showed marked posterior and leftward displacement of the heart, with the apex extending to the left lateral chest wall. Spin echo imaging showed thin perica...
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A37-year-old, physically active man presented for evaluation of nonexertional chest pain. He described it as sharp, left-sided, and nonradiating. The review of systems was unremarkable. He had had no previous thoracic surgery. Physical examination revealed a nonpalpable apical impulse, with no other abnormal findings. A chest radiograph (Figure 1) demonstrated a prominent pulmonary artery shado...
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A38-year-old woman with ill-defined chest pain had an abnormal x-ray 8 years before her only pregnancy. She had been unable to bear down during delivery, but gestation was otherwise uncomplicated, yielding a normal female offspring. She subsequently experienced left-sided chest pain that awakened her from sleep when turning into either a right or left lateral decubitus position. The pain was pu...
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CASE HISTORY A 20-year-old female sought advice for diarrhoea and vomiting which followed a holiday in Majorca. She had no other symptoms. Apart from investigation of a cardiac murmur when she was six, past medical history was unremarkable. On examination she appeared healthy, with no fever or dehydration. Her abdomen was normal. Pulse was 100/min, regular, and blood pressure 110/60. Her apex b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva (English Edition)
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2214-1235
DOI: 10.1016/s2214-1235(15)30092-2