Published April 29, 1978
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Journal article
Diagnosis of pericardial effusion by echocardiography and radionuclide angiography
Description
Echocardiography and radionuclide angiography are presently the two first choices non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of pericardial effusion. To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of these methods, a prospective study of 43 consecutive patients was undertaken. Confirmation by tap or autopsy was obtained in 10 cases; for the remainers, strict clinical signs were requested. The results of both methods were classified in a quantitative manner. The data confirms the greater sensitivity and specificity of echocardiography compared with radionuclide angiocardiography, when small amounts of effusion are present. However, the correlation between the two methods is satisfactory when a greater amount of fluid is present
Abstract (French)
L'echocardiographie et la scintigraphie isotopique constituent aujourd'hui les deux methodes essentielles pour le diagnostic des epanchements pericardiques. Pour comparer la specificite et la sensibilite des deux techniques, on a, dans un travail prospectif, compare chez 43 malades les resultats obtenus par les deux techniques. Ces resultats ont ete classes de maniere quantitative. Le diagnostic d'epanchement a ete confirme par ponction pericardique ou par autopsie dans 10 cas; dans les autres cas, de stricts criteres cliniques etaient requis pour affirmer la presence d'un epanchement pericardique. Cette serie fait apparaitre une sensibilite et une specificite superieures de l'echocardiographie, surtout pour les petits epanchements, alors que la correlation des deux methodes est bonne en cas d'epanchement modere ou importantAdditional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Diagnostic des epanchements pericardiques par l'echocardiographie et la scintigraphie isotopique
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nouv. Presse Med.
- Journal Volume
- 7
- Journal Issue
- 17
- Series
- Nouv. Presse Med.
- Journal Page Range
- 1463-1466
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 10452237
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS; HEART; INFLAMMATION; SCINTISCANNING; TECHNETIUM 99
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES