Echocardiography Diagnosis of Partial Pericardial Constriction of the Left Ventricle
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 127 (3) , 755-756
- https://doi.org/10.1148/127.3.755
Abstract
In a patient with hemodynamic findings typical of severe, generalized pericardial constriction, echocardiography demonstrated partial constriction of the left ventricle; the patient had partial pericardiectomy 17 yr earlier. Diagnosis was confirmed by angiocardiography and at surgery. Echocardiography suggested penetration of the myocardium at places by pericardial calcification; this finding was confirmed at surgery.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac disease.Circulation, 1976