As survival rates continue to increase for patients with childhood and adult malignancies,
imaging utilization in these patients will likely increase substantially. It is important to detect …

Background Phase analysis of gated myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) provides
automated and reproducible assessment of left ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony …

Subacute cardiac tamponade is a diagnostic challenge for clinicians because the symptoms
would be non-specific upon presentation. The onset of cardiac tamponade may vary …

Purpose The aim of the study was to investigate the potential of electrocardiogram (ECG)-
gated computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) as a predictor of disease …

The pericardium is a component of the heart with multiple anatomic and physiologic roles
critical to ensuring normal cardiac function. One of its major roles is acting as a barrier to …

The pericardium is a thin fibrous membrane that separates the heart from the remaining
mediastinal structures. Disease of the pericardium presenting as acute pericardial effusion …

Introduction Chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) is a progressive disease characterized
by thickening and fibrosis of the pericardium, leading to restricted diastolic filling and …

Purulent pericarditis occurs rarely in the current antibiotic era. We describe clinical and
echocardiographic features of purulent pericarditis in a previously healthy child with …

Purpose To evaluate the value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–based
measurements of inferior vena cava (IVC) cross-sectional area in the diagnosis of …

Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency, the diagnosis of which is predominantly
clinical with supportive echocardiographic findings. Echocardiographic findings highly …