Noninvasive imaging techniques of constrictive pericarditis

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1335-1347

  Mastouri, Ronald ^a   Sawada, Stephen G ^a   Mahenthiran, Jo ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MPC 2 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac MRI; constrictive pericarditis; diagnosis; echocardiography; noninvasive imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956504683     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.10.77     Document Type: Review

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