Cardiovascular radiology : Imaging features of constrictive pericarditis: Beyond pericardial thickening

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Napolitano, Giuseppe ^a   Pressacco, Josephine ^a   Paquet, Eleonore ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Constrictive pericarditis; Imaging findings

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIUM; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649090318     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2009.02.034     Document Type: Article

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