Septal bounce in constrictive pericarditis. Diagnosis and dynamic evaluation with multidetector CT

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2004 Sep-Oct;28(5):676-8. doi: 10.1097/01.rct.0000135842.15974.82.

Abstract

Sixteen-slice multidetector CT findings of a case of constrictive pericarditis in a pediatric patient are presented. Multidetector CT depicted a variety of diagnostic findings including dynamic evaluation of interventricular septal motion through the cardiac cycle, documenting a diastolic septal bounce. This case illustrates the full capabilities of multidetector cardiac CT in the evaluation of pericardial pathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septum / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*