Two types of rareechocardiographic manifestation in the patients with constrictive pericarditis and its clinical significance
- VernacularTitle:缩窄性心包炎二种少见的超声表现及临床意义
- Author:
Yueshuang HOU
;
Yale HE
;
Xinsheng HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pericarditis Constrictive Echocardiography
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine
2001;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the unusual echocardiographic manifestation and its clinical value in the patients with constrictive pericarditis (CP). Methods To analyse the echocardiographic manifestation of CP in 187 patients retrospectively, especially left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and variation with respiration (VER) in mitral E velocity. Results Most of the patients with CP expressed the common echocardiographic features of CP. But some unusual echocardiographic signs were revealed. (1)LVEF