Figure 10
From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in pericardial diseases
Focal constrictive pericarditis, axial T1-weighted spin-echo CMR (a) and axial cine CMR (b). Focal pericardial thickening (arrowheads) at the level of the right atrioventricular groove and basal part of the free wall of the right ventricle with focal compression of right ventricular cavity (*). The very low signal intensity of the focally thickened pericardium on T1-weighted spin-echo CMR as well cine CMR should alert one to look for calcification of the pericardium.