The incidence of diastolic right atrial collapse in patients with pleural effusion in the absence of pericardial effusion.
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.
Sadaniantz
Ara
A
Division of Cardiology, The Miriam Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. asadania@lifespan.org
Anastacio
Ramon
R
Verma
Vikas
V
Aprahamian
Nadine
N
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