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Multimodality Imaging (X-Ray, CT, and MRI) in Pericardial Disease

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The accurate diagnosis of pericardial diseases is frequently challenging, and requires an integration of medical history, physical examination, imaging, invasive hemodynamic measurements, hematological testing, pericardial fluid evaluation, and characterization of pericardial biopsy specimens. With the rapid advances in technology, multimodality noninvasive cardiac imaging has assumed a central role in the diagnosis and management of various pericardial conditions, particularly when the clinical findings are equivocal.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai St Luke’s Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Vikram Agarwal MD, MPH

  2. Division of Cardiology, Atlantic Health System, Gagnon Cardiovascular Center, Morristown, NJ, 07960, USA

    Seth Uretsky MD, FACC

  3. Department of Cardiology, North Shore-LIJ Health System NuHealth, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, USA

    Amgad N. Makaryus MD, FACC, FACP, FASE, FSCCT

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Agarwal, V., Uretsky, S., Makaryus, A.N. (2014). Multimodality Imaging (X-Ray, CT, and MRI) in Pericardial Disease. In: Herzog, E. (eds) Management of Pericardial Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06124-5_7

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