Pericardial Disease: New Insights and Old Dilemmas

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Echocardiographic diagnosis of pericardial effusion: a critical evaluation....Pages 5-16
Tamponade and constriction: an appraisal of echocardiography and external pulse recordings....Pages 17-45
Cardiac tamponade: current pathophysiological and diagnostic views....Pages 47-58
Differentiation of constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy: general overview and new insights from two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic studies....Pages 59-93
Transient cardiac constriction....Pages 95-108
Tuberculous pericarditis....Pages 109-121
Pericardial involvement in end stage renal disease....Pages 123-139
Significance of pericardial effusion in acute myocardial infarction....Pages 141-152
Massive chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion....Pages 153-165
Indications for pericardiectomy in the absence of constriction....Pages 167-181
Limitations of surgery for constrictive pericarditis....Pages 183-192
Acute pericardial disease: an approach to etiologic diagnosis and treatment....Pages 193-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-248