Constrictive pericarditis at abdominal CT: A commonly overlooked diagnosis

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-352

  Johnson, Kristina T ^a   Julsrud, Paul R ^a   Johnson, C Daniel ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal CT; Constrictive pericarditis; Dilated IVC; Hepatic congestion; Pericardium

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOATING; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; SYMPTOM; THICKNESS; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42149191995     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9246-9     Document Type: Article

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