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The study of pericardial diseases is generally carried out by means of echocardiography, which is still the technique of choice in detecting effusion and diagnosing temponade. Widely available, easy to operate, and inexpensive, ultrasound are every useful in these situations. There are relevant aspects in the field of pericardial diseases, however, where echocardiography is limited, as the estimation of pericardial thickness, the detection of localized effusion, the characterization of pericardial fluid and, particularly, the study of those processes that extend beyond the limits of the heart itself.
Computed tomography (CT) and CMR, with their capacity to provide information on these aspects, have thus a definite role in the study of pericardium, the main advantage of CT over CMR being its ability to detect even small amounts of calcium, a determinant finding in some chronic pericardial conditions.
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Pons-Lladó, G. (2005). Diseases of the Pericardium. In: Pons-Lladó, G., Carreras, F. (eds) Atlas of Practical Applications of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 255. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23634-1_9
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