Open AccessConstrictive pericarditis in a patient with sinus venosus atrial septal defect and anomalous right upper pulmonary venous return
Author(s) -
Santosh C. Uppu,
Sruti Chandrasekaran,
Kiran K. Mallula
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.52820
Subject(s) - constrictive pericarditis , medicine , sinus venosus , cardiology , etiology , venous return curve , sinus (botany) , surgery , hemodynamics , botany , biology , genus
This is a report of a 49-year-old male, who presented with typical signs and symptoms of constrictive pericarditis. He was diagnosed with sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) and anomalous right upper pulmonary venous return during his adolescence, which was elected not to be repaired. During the attempted repair of the ASD it was noted there was a thick fibrous material covering the heart, which had progressed over time leading to frank constrictive pericarditis. His ASD spontaneously closed over time. There have been less than 10 cases reported with constrictive pericarditis of nonsurgical etiology in a patient with ASD, and none with sinus venosus ASD.