An urgent chest radiography was done, which showed cardiomegaly with a cardiothoracic ratio of 0.8 (figure 1). A screening two-dimensional echocardiography was done, which revealed massive pericardial ...

Amyloid deposits in the pericardium can result in the formation of pericardial effusion. In the early stages of cardiac amyloid deposition ... Cardiac amyloidosis is usually suspected on ...

Patients and Methods: A group of 68 patients with CD and a control group of 60 healthy subjects were subjected to a transthoracic echocardiogram with Doppler study. Conclusions: These findings ...

[1] While contrast agents have not been a critical part of image acquisition in echocardiography, image quality may be suboptimal, particularly in obese patients, in critically ill, ventilated ...

Our patient presented with a relatively short history of angina and dyspnoea on exertion, and his preliminary investigations with transthoracic echocardiography revealed severe left ventricular ...