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February 1, 1981Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Computed Tomography in Constrictive Pericardial Disease

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Why the study?

Does contrast enhanced cardiac computed tomography identify signs of restricted cardiac filling in patients with pericardial abnormalities?

Population

13 patients with pericardial abnormalities and a question of constrictive hemodynamics

Comparison

Contrast enhanced cardiac computed tomography (CT) vs Patients with pericardial fluid, thickening, or…

Design

Case_series

Authors

JDJ L DoppmanNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeRRR. RienmüllerMedical University of GrazJLJ. LissnerKlinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin

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Implication

These CT signs may identify constriction on contrast-enhanced scans; hypothesis-generating from a single case report and requires prospective validation.

Structured PICO

Does contrast enhanced cardiac computed tomography identify signs of restricted cardiac filling in patients with pericardial abnormalities?

P
Population
13 patients with pericardial abnormalities and a question of constrictive hemodynamics
I
Intervention
Contrast enhanced cardiac computed tomography (CT)
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Comparator
Patients with pericardial fluid, thickening, or calcification but without clinical and catheterization evidence of constriction
O
Outcome
Presence of CT signs of restricted cardiac filling (dilated IVC, deformed ventricular contour, and angulated interventricular septum)surrogate

Contrast-enhanced cardiac CT can reliably identify morphological signs of constrictive hemodynamics and localize sites of constriction for surgical resection.

Cite This Study

Doppman et al. (1981) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a894f684c30e1095aec69e6https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-198102000-00001
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