Cardiac displacement with a congenital complete left-sided pericardial defect in a patient with exertional angina pectoris--a case report

Angiology. 2004 Jul-Aug;55(4):445-9. doi: 10.1177/000331970405500412.

Abstract

A 71-year-old man with exertional chest pain was admitted to the hospital. A chest roentgenogram exhibited levoposition of the heart. An electrocardiogram showed clockwise rotation in the precordial leads and ST depression in V6, V7, V8, and V9 as well as in II, III, aVF leads associated with chest pain in a treadmill exercise test. The congenital complete left-sided pericardial defect could not be diagnosed preoperatively, but it was confirmed by thoracotomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angina Pectoris / diagnosis*
  • Angina Pectoris / physiopathology
  • Angina Pectoris / surgery
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / surgery
  • Exercise Test
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericardium / abnormalities*
  • Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
  • Physical Exertion
  • Radiography
  • Thoracotomy
  • Ultrasonography