Open AccessRight partial pericardial agenesis: An unusual case discovered during a heart surgery
Author(s) -
A.W. Terra,
Carinne Dommerc,
F. Lévy,
Armand Eker
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the egyptian heart journal /the egyptian heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.212
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2090-911X
pISSN - 1110-2608
DOI - 10.1016/j.ehj.2015.09.001
Subject(s) - medicine , agenesis , pericardium , surgery , heart disease , anatomy , cardiology
The pericardial agenesis occurs from a premature atrophy of the left Cuvier vein during embryonic development (Larsen, 2003). It is a non-frequent disease, most of the time accidentally discovered and mainly found at the left side of the pericardium (Centola et al., 2009). We report a case of right partial pericardial agenesis discovered during a sternotomy