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 ...

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

In an asymptomatic patient, a pericardial effusion of less than 10 mm on the echocardiogram may be an incidental finding, especially in elderly women, as shown in the Framingham study.1 In these ...

With the growing number of high-risk pregnant women, echocardiography frequently reveals pericardial effusion (PE). However, the clinical implications of PE are unknown. We analyzed a cohort of 406 ...

Rodrigues, R. , Deus, M. , Campos, M. and Avelino, M. (2025) Rare Case of a Newborn with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome.

She was started on a heparin drip. Coronary angiography was negative, and the initial echocardiogram revealed mild circumferential pericardial effusion without tamponade. CT head showed an 11 mm right ...

Compared with echocardiography, MRI appears to provide additional ... The RV was hypertrophied in 2 patients (4%). A moderate pericardial effusion was observed in 10 patients (19%). Twelve of the 52 ...

Transthoracic echocardiography revealed severe left ventricular ... enhancement in the left ventricular myocardium (Figure 1); she also showed a small pericardial effusion in the free wall of the ...

A month after halting dosing in two of the three treatment arms of a phase 2 trial of its pulmonary arterial hypertension ...

and those who present with a new large pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade. Cytology and tumor markers (carcinoembryonic antigen, α-feto protein, cancer antigen [CA] 125, CA 72–4 ...