- Section 1 Basic instrumentation and modalities
- Section 2 Cardiac morphology, haemodynamics, and physiology
- Section 3 Echocardiographic assessment of disease
- Chapter 25 Heart failure: left ventricular systolic dysfunction
- Chapter 26 Heart failure: left ventricular dyssynchrony
- Chapter 27 Heart failure: risk stratification and follow-up
- Chapter 28 Heart failure: preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
- Chapter 29 Ischaemic heart disease: acute coronary syndrome
- Chapter 30 Ischaemic heart disease: coronary artery anomalies
- Chapter 31 Heart valve disease (aortic valve disease): anatomy and pathology of the aortic valve
- Chapter 32 Heart valve disease (aortic valve disease): aortic stenosis
- Chapter 33 Heart valve disease (aortic valve disease): aortic regurgitation
- Chapter 34 Heart valve disease (mitral valve disease): anatomy and morphology of the mitral valve
- Chapter 35 Heart valve disease (mitral valve disease): mitral stenosis
- Chapter 36 Heart valve disease (mitral valve disease): mitral regurgitation
- Chapter 37 Heart valve disease: tricuspid valve disease
- Chapter 38 Heart valve disease: pulmonary valve disease
- Chapter 39 Heart valve disease: mixed valve disease, multiple valve disease, and others
- Chapter 40 Replacement heart valves
- Chapter 41 Endocarditis
- Chapter 42 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 43 Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 44 Restrictive cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 45 Isolated ventricular non-compaction
- Chapter 46 Takotsubo syndrome
- Chapter 47 Familial cardiomyopathies
- Chapter 48 Right ventricular dilatation and function
- Chapter 49 Pericardial disease
- Section 4 Echocardiographic assessment of disease
- Section 5 Specific clinical context/environment
- Section 6 Miscellaneous topics
(p. 420) Pericardial disease
- Chapter:
- (p. 420) Pericardial disease
- Author(s):
Bernard Paelinck
, Aleksandar Lazarević
, and Pedro Gutierrez Fajardo
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198726012.003.0049
Echocardiography is the cornerstone for the diagnosis of pericardial disease. It is a portable technique allowing morphological and functional multimodality (M-mode, two-dimensional, Doppler, and tissue Doppler) imaging of pericardial disease. In addition, echocardiography is essential for differential diagnosis (pericardial effusion vs pleural effusion, constrictive pericarditis vs restrictive cardiomyopathy) and allows bedside guiding of pericardiocentesis. This chapter describes normal pericardial anatomy and reviews echocardiographic features of different pericardial diseases and their pathophysiology, including pericarditis, pericardial effusion, constrictive pericarditis, pericardial cyst, and congenital absence of pericardium.
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- Section 1 Basic instrumentation and modalities
- Section 2 Cardiac morphology, haemodynamics, and physiology
- Section 3 Echocardiographic assessment of disease
- Chapter 25 Heart failure: left ventricular systolic dysfunction
- Chapter 26 Heart failure: left ventricular dyssynchrony
- Chapter 27 Heart failure: risk stratification and follow-up
- Chapter 28 Heart failure: preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
- Chapter 29 Ischaemic heart disease: acute coronary syndrome
- Chapter 30 Ischaemic heart disease: coronary artery anomalies
- Chapter 31 Heart valve disease (aortic valve disease): anatomy and pathology of the aortic valve
- Chapter 32 Heart valve disease (aortic valve disease): aortic stenosis
- Chapter 33 Heart valve disease (aortic valve disease): aortic regurgitation
- Chapter 34 Heart valve disease (mitral valve disease): anatomy and morphology of the mitral valve
- Chapter 35 Heart valve disease (mitral valve disease): mitral stenosis
- Chapter 36 Heart valve disease (mitral valve disease): mitral regurgitation
- Chapter 37 Heart valve disease: tricuspid valve disease
- Chapter 38 Heart valve disease: pulmonary valve disease
- Chapter 39 Heart valve disease: mixed valve disease, multiple valve disease, and others
- Chapter 40 Replacement heart valves
- Chapter 41 Endocarditis
- Chapter 42 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 43 Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 44 Restrictive cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 45 Isolated ventricular non-compaction
- Chapter 46 Takotsubo syndrome
- Chapter 47 Familial cardiomyopathies
- Chapter 48 Right ventricular dilatation and function
- Chapter 49 Pericardial disease
- Section 4 Echocardiographic assessment of disease
- Section 5 Specific clinical context/environment
- Section 6 Miscellaneous topics