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Case Report: Heart aneurysm of unknown origin in a two-year-old child diagnosed in the course of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Aortography confirmed a normal course of coronary arteries, with adequate perfusion of essential branches and no evidence of stenosis or aneurysms. The most probable etiology appears to be a congenital lesion. Additionally, a complication of pericarditis cannot be entirely ruled out.

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Evaluation of JVP

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That occurs in right heart failure and constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis is an important cause for Kussmaul sign or inspiratory increase in jugular venous pressure. The Y descent is shallow in tricuspid stenosis, and absent in cardiac tamponade. A prominent A wave can occur when the atrium is hypertrophied.