%0 Journal Article
%T Congenital partial absence of the pericardium presenting with a rare concurrent abnormality of vascular ring diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
%A Azin Seifi
%A Mohammad Vojdanparast
%A Pouya Nezafati
%A Shadi Sarafan
%A Zahra Alizadeh Sani
%A Zahra Savand-Roomi
%J Archive of "Advanced Biomedical Research".
%D 2016
%R 10.4103/2277-9175.192630
%X Congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare abnormality that can be diagnosed by cardiac imaging procedures. A 49-year-old male needed medical attention due to the appearance of palpitation with a systolic murmur, and a notable aortic arch deviation was seen in the chest X-ray. In the echocardiogram, a poor echo window was detected. A cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a rare concomitant anomaly of partial absence of the pericardium including a rare defect of the right-sided aortic arch. Using cardiac MRI, the pericardium can be easily visualized, and thus, its absence more easily detected, aiding appropriate clinical decision-making
%K Absence of pericardium
%K cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
%K vascular ring
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220681/