Septal bounce in constrictive pericarditis. Diagnosis and dynamic evaluation with multidetector CT.
Sixteen-slice multidetector CT findings of a case of constrictive pericarditis in a pediatric patient are presented. Multidetector CT depicted a variety of diagnostic findings including dynamic evaluation of interventricular septal motion through the cardiac cycle, documenting a diastolic septal bounce. This case illustrates the full capabilities of multidetector cardiac CT in the evaluation of pericardial pathology.
Ghersin
Eduard
E
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Rambam Medical Center, P.O.B. 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel. ghersine@hotmail.com
Lessick
Jonathan
J
Litmanovich
Diana
D
Ofer
Amos
A
Elhasid
Ronit
R
Lorber
Avraham
A
Dragu
Robert
R
Rispler
Shmuel
S
Haimi
Motti
M
Engel
Ahuva
A
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed