Cardiac computed tomography and cardiovascular MRI provide complementary tools to clinical, ECG, and hemodynamic evaluation for the diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic assessment of pericardial disease.
Do cardiac computed tomography and cardiovascular MRI improve diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic assessment in patients with pericardial disease compared to standard clinical, ECG, and hemodynamic evaluation?
Cardiac CT and cardiovascular MRI serve as valuable complementary imaging modalities to traditional clinical and hemodynamic evaluations in the management of pericardial disease.
The pericardium is characterized by a two-layer sac that surrounds the heart and provides an enclosed, lubricated space. Diseases of the pericardium may occur due to active inflammation, scar, calcification or effusion. While clinical, ECG and hemodynamic evaluation have been the established methods for the diagnosis of pericardial disease, advances in cardiac computed tomography and cardiovascular MRI provide complementary tools for diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic assessment.
McRee et al. (Sat,) conducted a review in Pericardial disease. Cardiac computed tomography and cardiovascular MRI was evaluated. Cardiac computed tomography and cardiovascular MRI provide complementary tools to clinical, ECG, and hemodynamic evaluation for the diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic assessment of pericardial disease.