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Echocardiography, including Doppler evaluation of cardiac filling, is routinely used to diagnose and manage common pericardial abnormalities such as effusion, tamponade, and constriction.
Echocardiography is a key modality for evaluating pericardial diseases such as effusion and tamponade.
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Supports echocardiography with Doppler for pericardial evaluation; leaves open need for standardized protocols in prospective studies.
Echocardiography is routinely used to evaluate diseases of the pericardium, including effusion, tamponade, and, to a lesser extent, constriction. Doppler evaluation provides information regarding the attendant alterations of cardiac filling. This review details the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of common abnormalities of the pericardium.
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Peters et al. (2007) studied this question. Echocardiography, including Doppler evaluation of cardiac filling, is routinely used to diagnose and manage common pericardial abnormalities such as effusion, tamponade, and constriction.
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