Accuracy of trans-thoracic echocardiography as a pericardial diseases diagnostic tool
Summary A prospective comparison of pre-operative trans-thoracic echocardiographic findings with intra-operative findings of 17 patients operated on for pericardial diseases showed excellent correlation for pericardial calcification and adhesion, and for myo-cardial atrophy, and good correlation fo...
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| Language: | English |
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Nigerian Medical Association, Akwa Ibom State Branch
2006-08-01
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| Series: | Ibom Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://ibommedicaljournal.org/index.php/imjhome/article/view/1 |
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A prospective comparison of pre-operative trans-thoracic echocardiographic findings with intra-operative findings of 17 patients operated on for pericardial diseases showed excellent correlation for pericardial calcification and adhesion, and for myo-cardial atrophy, and good correlation for pericardial thickening, constriction and effusion respectively. This excellent correlation identified high-risk cases that should have heart-lung machine kept on the stand-by during operation of peri-cardiectomy in event of iatrogenic cardiac chamber laceration.
Keywords
Pre-operative transthoracic echocardiography, pericarditis, correlation.
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| ISSN: | 1597-7188 2735-9964 |