Abdelsalam M, Nathanial C, Elmarzouky Z, Dulal S, Habib U, Ahmed M, Ashiq A, Nanda N. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic demonstration of reduction in fibrin content in purulent pericarditis following intrapericardial fibrinolytic agent administration.
Echocardiography 2021;
39:146-148. [PMID:
34913191 DOI:
10.1111/echo.15282]
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Abstract
We describe an adult patient who presented with purulent pericarditis (PP) in whom two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a marked decrease in the area of the right ventricular (RV) wall together with the overlying fibrin following intrapericardial administration of a fibrinolytic agent. Documentation of this decrease by measurements performed and illustrated on two-dimensional images has not been reported previously in an adult patient with PP, to the best of our knowledge.
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