Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Cardiac, CT, MR, Diagnostic procedure, Inflammation, Not applicable
Authors:
P. Simkus1, A. Banišauskaitė1, J. Noreikaite2, V. Buroviené1, M. Gutierrez3, A. Jankauskas1, M. Arzanauskaite2; 1Kaunas/LT, 2Liverpool/UK, 3barcelona/ES
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2020/C-08529
Background
The pericardium is a double-walled fibrous sac that surrounds the heart. It can be affected by various diseases including inflammatory, infectious, fibrotic, metabolic, neoplastic as well as congenital malformations. Pericardial pathology may present with vague, overlapping and non-specific clinical symptoms resulting in diagnostic uncertainty. Imaging can play a vital role in establishing the diagnosis and guiding appropriate therapeutic interventions. Various imaging techniques including chest radiography (CXR), transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), computed tomography (CT), cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) are used in a rational multi-modality imaging approach of pericardial diseases depending on the specific clinical scenario [1]. Knowledge of the indications, scanning protocols and imaging findings is of importance for a timely diagnosis.