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Figure 9 | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Figure 9

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in pericardial diseases

Figure 9

Inflammatory-constrictive form of constrictive pericarditis. Short-axis T1-weighted spin-echo CMR (a) and LGE CMR (b). Diffusely thickened pericardium, with strong enhancement of the pericardial layers after gadolinium administration (arrows). Presence of a small pericardial effusion (*) along the inferolateral side of the right ventricle. Real-time CMR in cardiac short-axis during free breathing shows increased ventricular coupling with inspiratory septal inversion and increased right-sided septal motion at onset of expiration. At surgery, a heavily thickened, inflamed and constrictive pericardium was found.

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