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Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade

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Echocardiography is the modality of choice for initial diagnosis, investigation, and monitoring of pericardial effusions. Echocardiography also identifies changes in cardiac function suggestive of cardiac tamponade and can be used to plan the removal of fluid by pericardiocentesis. Cardiac CT and MR provide further detailed pericardial imaging, as well as information on fluid characteristics and localized effusions. Furthermore, they are particularly suited to investigation of related pathology whether pericardial, cardiac, or within their wider field of view.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

    Paul Leeson PhD, MRCP & Harald Becher

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  1. Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Instituto Cardiovascular, C/Professor Martin Lagos, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    José Luis Zamorano

  2. Medical Center Dept. Cardiology, Leiden University, Albinusdreef 2, 2333, Leiden, ZA, Netherlands

    Jeroen J. Bax

  3. Dept. Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Frank E. Rademakers

  4. Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, FI-20521, Turku, Finland

    Juhani Knuuti

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Leeson, P., Becher, H. (2010). Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade. In: Zamorano, J.L., Bax, J.J., Rademakers, F.E., Knuuti, J. (eds) The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-421-8_26

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