Why the study?
Does scanning the left ventricle at multiple sites improve the accuracy of estimating pericardial effusion size in patients with pericardial effusions?
Population
4 patients with pericardial effusions
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Single-site LV scanning may underestimate effusion size; this case series leaves open whether multi-level assessment improves accuracy.
Does scanning the left ventricle at multiple sites improve the accuracy of estimating pericardial effusion size in patients with pericardial effusions?
Echocardiographic estimation of pericardial effusion size can be inaccurate if the left ventricle is not scanned at multiple sites due to disparities in the posterior pericardial space width.
D'Cruz et al. (1977) studied this question.
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