Does MR imaging assessment of ventricular septal motion help distinguish constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy in patients suspected of having CP?
Abnormal diastolic septal motion on MR imaging is a helpful diagnostic finding to differentiate constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Abnormal diastolic septal motion is a frequent phenomenon of CP. If present in patients suspected of having CP, this finding is helpful in distinguishing CP from RCM.
Giorgi et al. (Fri,) studied this question.