Pericardial cyst causing cardiac compression and shunt reversal at atrial level

Authors

  • Anil Acharya Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Nepal Mediciti, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Raamesh Koirala Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Nivesh Rajbhandari Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Nirmal Panthee Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/njh.v15i2.21475

Keywords:

pericardial cyst, shunt reversal

Abstract

Pericardial cyst is a rare disorder with incidence of 1:100000 and is usually asymptomatic. Atrial septal defect on the other hand has incidence of 1.6:1000 live births with 97% chance of survival till adulthood and rarely causes Eisenmenger syndrome in early adulthood. We present a case where there was dramatic occurrence of sudden hypoxia and features of right heart failure in otherwise healthy adult because of the combination of these two entities.

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Published

2018-11-12

How to Cite

Acharya, A., Koirala, R., Rajbhandari, N., & Panthee, N. (2018). Pericardial cyst causing cardiac compression and shunt reversal at atrial level. Nepalese Heart Journal, 15(2), 37–38. https://doi.org/10.3126/njh.v15i2.21475

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Case Reports

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