Diseases of the pericardium

General Articles/Presentations

• Imaging the pericardium: appearances on ECG-gated 64-detector row cardiac computed tomography 
  O’Leary, S M, Williams, P L, Williams, M P, Edwards, A J, Roobottom, C A, Morgan-Hughes, G J, Manghat, N E
  British Journal of Radiology 2010 83: 194-205

• Multimodality Imaging of Pericardial Diseases 
  Kibar Yared, MD*,, Aaron L. Baggish, MD*, Michael H. Picard, MD*, Udo Hoffmann, MD, Judy Hung, MD*,* 
  J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2010 3: 650-660 – J Am Coll Cardiol Img, 2010; 3:650-660, doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.04.009 

• MR Imaging of the Pericardium 
  Andrew J. Misselt, Scott R. Harris, James Glockner, DaLi Feng, Imran S. Syed, Philip A. Araoz
  Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America – May 2008 (Vol. 16, Issue 2, Pages 185-199, DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.02.011 

• CT and MR imaging of pericardial disease.
  Rienmüller R, Gröll R, Lipton MJ.
  Radiol Clin North Am. 2004 May;42(3):587-601, vi. DOI: 10.1016 

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Pericardial Disease and Intracardiac Thrombus (Abstract)
  John D. Grizzard,
  Heart Failure Clinics, Volume 5, Issue 3, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Heart Failure, July 2009, Pages 401-419, ISSN 1551-7136, DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2009.02.006. 

• CT and MR Imaging of Pericardial Disease 
  Zhen J. Wang, MD,  Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH. Michael B. Gotway, MD, Benjamin M. Yeh, MD, Steven W. Hetts, MD, Charles B. Higgins, MD
  Radiographics 2003; 23: S167-S180 

• MRI and CT of the Cardiovascular System  (TEXTBOOK)
  Charles B. Higgins, Albert de Roos
  Publisher: L W W 2006 | 672 Pages | ISBN: 0781762715 

• Comparing Thin-Section and Thick-Section CT of Pericardial Sinuses and Recesses 
  Fumiko Kodama; Patrick J. Fultz; and John C. Wandtke
  Am. J. Roentgenol. 2003 181: 1101-1108

• Anatomy of Pericardial Recesses on Multidetector CT: Implications for Oncologic Imaging 
  Mylene T. Truong, Jeremy J. Erasmus, Gregory W. Gladish, Bradley S. Sabloff, Edith M. Marom, John E. Madewell, Marvin H. Chasen and Reginald F. Munden 
  Am. J. Roentgenol 2003; 181:1109-1113 

A.  Acute pericarditis

• CT and MR Imaging of Pericardial Disease 
  Zhen J. Wang, Gautham P. Reddy, Michael B. Gotway, Benjamin M. Yeh, Steven W. Hetts, and Charles B. Higgins 
  Radiographics October 2003 23:suppl 1 S167-S180; doi:10.1148/rg.23si035504 

• The Role of Multimodality Imaging in the Management of Pericardial Disease 
  David Verhaert, Ruvin S. Gabriel, Douglas Johnston, Bruce W. Lytle, Milind Y. Desai, and Allan L. Klein 
  Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010;3:333-343, doi:10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.921791

B.  Constrictive pericarditis

• Constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy: evaluation with MR imaging (Abstract)
  T Masui, S Finck, and C B Higgins
  Radiology February 1992 182:2 369-373

C.  Pericardial effusion

• Pericarditis (Abstract)
  Richard W Troughton, Craig R Asher, Allan L Klein
  The Lancet 28 February 2004 (Volume 363 Issue 9410 Pages 717-727 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15648-1) 

• A Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade (Abstract)
  Schairer, John R. DO; Biswas, Santanu MD; Keteyian, Steven J. PhD; Ananthasubramaniam, Karthikeyan MD
  Cardiology in Review:  September/October 2011 – Volume 19 – Issue 5 – pp 233-238  doi: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e31821e202c 

• Imaging Findings in Cardiac Tamponade with Emphasis on CT 
  C. Santiago Restrepo, Diego F. Lemos, Julio A. Lemos, Enrique Velasquez, Lisa Diethelm, Ty A. Ovella, Santiago Martinez, Jorge Carrillo, Rogelio Moncada, and Jeffrey S. Klein 
  Radiographics November-December 2007 27:6 1595-1610; doi:10.1148/rg.276065002 

D.  Pericardial cyst

• Cystic lesions of the pericardium. Review of the literature and classification. (Abstract)
  Losanoff JE, Richman BW, Curtis JJ, Jones JW.
  J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2003 Oct;44(5):569-76. 

• Symptomatic pericardial cyst: a case series (Abstract)
  Mohammad Q. Najib, Hari P. Chaliki, Amol Raizada, Jhansi L. Ganji, Prasad M. Panse, and Roger L. Click 
  Eur J Echocardiogr (2011) 12(11): E43 first published online September 6, 2011 doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jer160 

• Imaging of pericardial disease (Abstract)
  James F Glockner, MD, PhD 
  Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America, Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2003, Pages 149–162  doi: 10.1016/S1064-9689(02)00025-9

• Multidetector CT and MR imaging cardiac hydatidosis: case report and review of the literature (Abstract)
  Yan Xing, Dilimulati Bawudong, Wen-Bin Zhang, Wen-Ya Liu, Cun-Xue Pan, Hao Wen and Chen-Wei Li
  The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging (formerly Cardiac Imaging)  Volume 27, Supplement 1 (2011), 97-102, DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9958-3 

E.  Pericardial defect

• Congenital pericardial defect: report of two cases and literature review 
  M. Montaudon, F. Roubertie, F. Bire and F. Laurent
  Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, Volume 29, Number 3, 195-200, DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0198-0
  Posted with the kind permission of Springer-Verlag, © Springer-Verlag 2007. 

• Congenital absence of the pericardium: case presentation and review of literature (Abstract)
  Amr E. Abbas, Christopher P. Appleton, Patrick T. Liu, John P. Sweeney
  International Journal of Cardiology, Volume 98, Issue 1 , Pages 21-25, 19 January 2005 

F. Therapeutic and interventional options

• Pericardial Disease: Diagnosis and Management 
  Pericardial Disease: Diagnosis and Management – Mayo Clinic Proceedings  (VIDEO) 
  Masud H. Khandaker, Raul E. Espinosa, Rick A. Nishimura, Lawrence J. Sinak, Sharonne N. Hayes, Rowlens M. Melduni, and Jae K. Oh 
  Mayo Clin Proc. June 2010 85(6):572-593; doi:10.4065/mcp.2010.0046 

• Treatment of Pericardial Disease (Abstract)
  Salman Azam, Brian D. Hoit
  Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Article first published online: 9 APR 2010 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2010.00151.x