Echocardiographic evaluation of pericardial diseases.
This review has attempted to summarize the usefulness of echocardiography in pericardial effusion and other pericardial diseases. As stated before, it is an extremely useful technique for the detection and following of patients with pericardial effusion. The usefulness in other forms of pericardial disease is less well-established.
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis; D010496:Pericardium; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis