Echocardiographic diagnosis of partial pericardial constriction of the left ventricle.
In a patient with hemodynamic findings typical of severe, generalized pericardial constriction, echocardiography demonstrated partial constriction of the left ventricle; the patient had partial pericardiectomy 17 years earlier. Diagnosis was confirmed by angiocardiography and at surgery. Echocardiography suggested penetration of the myocardium at places by pericardial calcification; this finding was confirmed at surgery.
D000790:Angiocardiography; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery