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Edward T D Hoey1, Muhammad Shahid2, Richard W Watkin2.
Abstract
Pericardial diseases are commonly encountered in clinical practice and may present as an isolated process or in association with various systemic conditions. Traditionally transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has been the method of choice for the evaluation of suspected pericardial disease but increasingly computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are also being used as part of a rational multi-modality imaging approach tailored to the specific clinical scenario. This paper reviews the role of CT and MRI across the spectrum of pericardial diseases.Entities:
Keywords: Computed tomography (CT); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); pericardium
Year: 2016 PMID: 27429911 PMCID: PMC4929280 DOI: 10.21037/qims.2016.01.03
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Quant Imaging Med Surg ISSN: 2223-4306