Multimodality Imaging of Purulent Pericarditis: Hints to Speed up Diagnosis and Promote Healing.

Multimodality Imaging of Purulent Pericarditis: Hints to Speed up Diagnosis and Promote Healing. J Invasive Cardiol. 2020 Mar;32(3):E79-E80 Authors: Dall'Ara G, Longhi S, Grotti S, Noera G, Essatari MHM, Bachetti C, Tarantino F, Galvani M Abstract Purulent pericarditis is rare and usually associated with pneumonia, bacteremia, immunosuppression, and thoracic surgery. A timely diagnostic pericardiocentesis with dedicated maneuvers to improve the effectiveness of drainage and pericardial fibrinolytic rinsing can improve prognosis and prevent a surgical pericardiectomy. Imaging offers useful clues for a more aggressive approach. PMID: 32123150 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research