Management of Pericardial Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Herzog, Eyal (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.

The clinical aspects of pericardial disease encompass acute and recurrent pericarditis, pericardial effusion and pericardial tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, and effusive-constrictive pericarditis. These disorders differ not only in clinical presentation but also in the timeline of development,...

Table of Contents:

• Anatomy and physiology of the pericardium
• History and physical examination of a patient with pericardial disease
• EKG in evaluation of pericardial disease
• Echocardiography in pericardial disease
• Cardiac catheterization evaluation of a patient with pericardial disease
• X-ray, CT and MRI in pericardial disease
• Pericarditis (Acute, Chronic) .- Constrictive pericarditis
• Pericardial effusion  and tamponade
• Other diseases of the pericardium (Cysts, Malignancies)
• Drainage of pericardial effusion
• Surgical management of pericardial disease
• Pathway of the management of pericardial disease.