Tuberculous pericarditis echocardiography and ultrasound
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.
Overview
Overview
Echocardiography/ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis. Findings on an echocardiography/ultrasound suggestive of tuberculous pericarditis include pericardial effusion, , pericardial thickening, increased right ventricular dimensions, decreased left ventricular dimensions, abnormal septal motion, flattening of the left ventricular posterior wall during diastol, dilated inferior vena cava, and dilated atrium.
Echocardiography/Ultrasound
Echocardiography/Ultrasound
Echocardiography/ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis. Findings on an echocardiography/ultrasound suggestive of tuberculous pericarditis include:[1][2][3]
- Pericardial effusion
- Pericardial thickening
- Increased right ventricular dimensions
- Decreased left ventricular dimensions
- Abnormal septal motion
- Flattening of the left ventricular posterior wall during diastol
- Dilated inferior vena cava
- Dilated atrium
References
References
- ↑ Fowler, Noble O. (1991). “Tuberculous Pericarditis”. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 266 (1): 99. doi:10.1001/jama.1991.03470010103039. ISSN 0098-7484.
- ↑ Quale JM, Lipschik GY, Heurich AE (June 1987). “Management of tuberculous pericarditis”. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 43 (6): 653–5. doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(10)60243-3. PMID 3109338.
- ↑ Pohost, Gerald (1991). Principles and practice of cardiovascular imaging. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0316712477.
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