title: Three-dimensional echocardiographic appearances of pericardial effusion with tamponade.
abstract: A patient with pericardial effusion and tamponade was studied by routine two-dimensional as well as three-dimensional echocardiogram. Chamber "collapses" of the right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, and inferior vena cava were visualized by both modalities, but were better appreciated on three-dimensional echo imaging, perhaps because three-dimensional echo imaging is more suited to depicting three-dimensional changes in chamber shape.
authors.affiliation: Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Ivan A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: D'Cruz
authors.forename: Rami N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Khouzam
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Minderman
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology