Pericardial Effusion
University of California details research in pericardial effusion
Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, June 3rd, 2008
According to recent research published in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, "Although Doppler echocardiography is the noninvasive test of choice for the diagnosis of hemodynamically significant pericardial effusion ( HSPE), pericardial effusion is often first detected by computed tomography ( CT). Few data are available, however, regarding the accuracy of CT in the diagnosis of cardiac tamponade."
"We retrospectively identified 28 consecutive hospitalized patients with pericardial effusion who underwent both chest CT and echocardiography within 48 hours between 2001 and 2005. CT images were analyzed by experienced radiologists without...
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