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Multimodality imaging of constrictive pericarditis in H syndrome
Author(s) -
Malakan Rad Elaheh,
Yaghmaei Bahareh,
Ziaee Vahid,
Beirami Farzaneh,
Pouraliakbar Hamidreza
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.15027
Subject(s) - constrictive pericarditis , medicine , ventricle , cardiology , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , pericarditis , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance , radiology
Abstract This is the first report of constrictive pericarditis (CP) in a 16‐year‐old boy with H syndrome with pericardial involvement predominantly over the right ventricle with favorable response to anti‐inflammatory treatment. H syndrome, first reported in 2008, is a new auto‐inflammatory syndrome with multiorgan involvement due to mutation in the SLC29A3 gene. We described the echocardiographic characteristics of asymmetric pericardial involvement and presented the cardiac computed tomography angiographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings. We reviewed the echocardiographic signs of CP, introduced tricuspid E/A respiratory alternans as a novel echocardiographic sign of right ventricular dominant CP, and explained the underlying mechanism.