Pericardial cyst causing cardiac compression and shunt reversal at atrial level
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https://doi.org/10.3126/njh.v15i2.21475Keywords:
pericardial cyst, shunt reversalAbstract
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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