A case of effusive-constrictive pericarditis: An efficacy of GD-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to detect a pericardial thickening

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-350

  Watanabe, Akira ^a   Hara, Yuji ^a   Hamada, Mareomi ^a   Kodama, Koji ^a   Shigematsu, Yuji ^a   Sakuragi, Satoru ^b   Kawachi, Kanji ^a   Hiwada, Kunio ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effusive constrictive pericarditis; Gd DTPA enhancement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pericardiectomy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PERICARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032034249     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00296-8     Document Type: Article

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