title: Evaluation of the Pericardium with CT and MR.
abstract: The pericardium plays an important role in optimizing cardiac motion and chamber pressures and serves as a barrier to pathology. In addition to pericardial anatomy and function, this review article covers a variety of pericardial conditions, with mention of potential pitfalls encountered during interpretation of diagnostic imaging. Normal and abnormal appearance of pericardium on CT and MR imaging is emphasized, including dynamic imaging correlates of pericardial pathophysiology.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
authors.forename: Julianna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Czum
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Silas
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's Hospital, 915 East First Street, Duluth, MN 55805, USA.
authors.forename: Morgan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Althoen