Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-33

  Dal Bianco, Jacob P ^a   Sengupta, Partho P ^b   Mookadam, Farouk ^b   Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy ^b   Tajik, A Jamil ^b   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrictive pericarditis; Doppler tissue imaging; Echocardiography; Left ventricular deformation; Restrictive cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM RUPTURE; HEMODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL TORSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE;

EID: 58149086847     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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