Only a few studies have been published describing the echocardiographic features of tuberculous pericardial effusion, especially with reference to echocardiographic intrapericardial abnormalities. 1– ...

In addition, some comments on the management of neoplastic pericardial effusion are also provided. In an asymptomatic patient, a pericardial effusion of less than 10 mm on the echocardiogram may be an ...

The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis is based on simple criteria: typical chest pain, pericardial friction rub (Figure 2), widespread ST-segment elevation (Figure 3) and pericardial ...

Increased pericardial brightness with minimal pericardial effusion is a nonspecific finding. Echocardiography enables noninvasive detection of impaired left ventricular systolic function ...

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a convenient and safe diagnostic tool used to assess cardiac anatomical structures, hemodynamics, and function (17). TTE can definitively determine the presence ...

Furthermore, routine postprocedural bedside echocardiography has the potential to quickly and non-invasively ... stent deployment and again 1–2 hours later could allow for more prompt intervention if ...

Following an admission to the authors’ centre with severe anaemia, duodenal biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Whipple’s ...

In this study of 381 patients, deep learning using standard apical four-chamber images from transthoracic echocardiography had excellent discrimination (area under the curve 0.84 on external ...

Women are more likely to have pulmonary arterial hypertension, but men tend to have worse outcomes and worse treatment responses.

More than 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop lupus nephritis (LN) during the disease, which may ...

Amyloid deposits in the pericardium can result in the formation of pericardial effusion. In the early stages of cardiac amyloid deposition ... Cardiac amyloidosis is usually suspected on ...