Indentation in the Right Ventricle by an Incomplete Pericardium on 3-Dimensional Reconstructed Computed Tomography.
10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.298
- Author:
Hak Ju KIM
1
;
Jae Gun KWAK
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Korea. switch.surgeon@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Indentation of the right ventricle;
Incomplete pericardium;
Ventricular premature beat
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Electrocardiography;
Female;
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial;
Heart Ventricles*;
Humans;
Pericardium*;
Ventricular Premature Complexes
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2017;50(4):298-299
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report the case of a 17-year-old girl who presented with an indentation in the right ventricle caused by an incomplete pericardium on preoperative 3-dimensional reconstructed computed tomography. She was to undergo surgery for a partial atrioventricular septal defect and secundum atrial septal defect. Preoperative electrocardiography revealed occasional premature ventricular beats. We found the absence of the left side of the pericardium intraoperatively, and this absence caused strangulation of the diaphragmatic surface of the right ventricle. After correcting the lesion, the patient’s rhythm disturbances improved.
