Two-dimensional echocardiography and B-mode ultrasonography for the diagnosis of loculated pericardial effusion.
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Two cases of loculated pericardial effusion resulting in cardiac tamponade are presented. The loculated nature and extent of the effusion was best defined by two-dimensional echocardiography or B- mode ultrasonography. Cross-sectional images should probably be obtained in all cases of suspected loculated pericardial effusion and in patients in whom the interpretation of the M-mode echocardiogram is equivocal as to the presence or absence of pericardial effusion.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Circulation
دوره 60 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979