Congenital pericardial defect associated with cardiac incarceration: case report.

1. A 4-year-old boy with the congenital partial defect of the left pericardium who presented with myocardial infarction, died of incarceration of the left ventricle. 2. This is the fourth reported case of death from this anomaly in the world. 3. Because this anomaly occasionally causes sudden death, it is important to diagnose the condition while the patient is alive.