Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2014; 42(3): 40-65

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) position paper: multimodality imaging in pericardial disease

Bernard Cosyns¹, Sven Plein², Petros Nihoyanopoulos³, Otto Smiseth⁴, Stephan Achenbach⁵, Maria Joao Andrade⁶, Mauro Pepi⁷, Arsen Ristic⁸, Massimo Imazio⁹, Bernard Paelinck¹⁰, Patrizio Lancellotti^11
1UNIVERSITAIR Ziekenhuis Brussel, Centrum Voor Hart-en Vaatziek and CHIREC, Laarbeekla 101, 1990 Brussels, Belgium
²University of Leeds, Health and Therapy, Leeds Institute of Genetics, very disipilinl Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom
³Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital NHS, Department of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, London, United Kingdom
⁴Oslo University Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases, Oslo, Norway
⁵Erlangen University Hospital, Medizinische Klinik 2, Cardiology Division, Erlangen, Germany
⁶Instituto Cardiovascular de Lisboa, Santa Cruz Hospital, Cardiology Department, Lisbon, Portugal
⁷Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Department of Cardiology, Milan, Italy
⁸Serbia Clinical Center, Department of Cardiology, Belgrade, Serbia
⁹Maria Vittoria Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Turin, Italy
¹⁰Antwerp University Hospital, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Imaging, Antwerp, Belgium
¹¹Liege University Hospital, FOOD Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Valve Surgery, Department of Cardiology, CHU Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium

Although pericardial diseases are common in the daily clinical practice and can result in a significant morbidity and mortality, imaging of patients with suspected or known pericardial disorders remain challenging. Multimodality imaging is part of the management of pericardial diseases. Echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance are often used as complementary imaging modalities. The choice of one or multiple imaging modalities is driven by the clinical context or conditions of the patient. The scope of the present document is to highlight the respective role of each technique according to the clinical context in the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases.

Keywords: Echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, constrictive pericarditis; pericardial disease; pericardial effusion

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