Transthoracic echocardiography revealed normal cardiac anatomy but severe pulmonary ... but signs of diastolic dysfunction were present. There was a small amount of pericardial effusion. The patient ...

The optimal management of effusive pericardial ... transthoracic (TT group) drainage in 131 patients (age range from 1 month to 81 years) treated from 1979 to the present. The etiology of effusion ...

Moreover, stress perfusion imaging may be indicated if myocardial ischemia is suspected. Although transthoracic echocardiography remains the first-line imaging modality to study patients with known or ...