Imaging in constrictive pericarditis
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Khemendra Kumar; Priya Jagia
- Source
- Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 176-178 (2015)
- Subject
- CT scan
Constrictive pericarditis
lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:Surgery
lcsh:Medicine
Computed tomography
Constriction
Clinching
medicine
magnetic resonance imaging
Pericardium
cardiovascular diseases
Contraindication
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
lcsh:R
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
lcsh:RD1-811
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
lcsh:RC666-701
cardiovascular system
Radiology
business
circulatory and respiratory physiology
- Language
- ISSN
- 2395-5414
Raised right ventricular end-diastolic pressure and diastolic pressure equalization are accurate in only up to 85% causes in differentiating constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy. Therefore imaging in the form of either computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) is important for clinching the diagnosis. In cases of diagnostic dilemma, cardiac MR (CMR) is the investigation of choice with its ability to show both morphological (increased pericardial thickness) and functional changes (constriction, septal bounce). CT for constrictive pericardium may be done if CMR is not available or when there is any contraindication to doing CMR.