Echocardiographic findings in constrictive pericarditis. A case report
Elkayam, U.; Kotler, M.N.; Segal, B.; Parry, W.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 12(11): 1308-1312
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2180 PMID: 1017932 Document Number: 98892
The echocardiographic findings in a 73-year-old woman with constrictive calcified pericarditis are presented. The diagnosis was confirmed by physical examination, chest X-rays and cardiac catheterization. The echocardiogram demonstrated abnormal motion of the interventricular septum and of the left ventricular posterior wall, multiple thickened echoes of the posterior pericardium, and a localized dense band of anterior pericardial echoes, which corresponded to the calcification seen on the chest X-ray.