title: The incidence of diastolic right atrial collapse in patients with pleural effusion in the absence of pericardial effusion.
abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the incidence of cardiac chamber collapse assessed by echocardiography and explore possible mechanisms in a clinical population of 116 patients with pleural effusion in the absence of pericardial effusion. We found that the frequency of chamber collapse was 18% in patients with pleural effusion in the absence of pericardial effusion, thus cardiac chamber collapse occurs in patients with pleural effusion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, The Miriam Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. asadania@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Ara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadaniantz
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anastacio
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aprahamian
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012189:Retrospective Studies