*Teaching Points: 1. To critically assess the strengths, limitations, and complementary roles of the different imaging modalities in the evaluation of pericardial diseases. 2. To evaluate the normal anatomy and physiology of the pericardium, and to recognize the key imaging features associated with the spectrum of pericardial diseases. 3. To explore the utility of advanced imaging techniques in distinguishing constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy, emphasizing its diagnostic value and clinical implications.
*Table of Contents/Outline: 1. The normal pericardium; 2. Multimodality Imaging of pericardial diseases, 2.1. Echocardiography, 2.2. Cardiac computed tomography, 2.3. Cardiac magnetic resonance; 3. Pericarditis, 3.1. Etiology & clinical presentation, 3.2. Acute pericarditis, 3.3. Recurrent pericarditis, 3.4. Chronic pericarditis, 3.5. Healed/burned out pericarditis, 3.6. Myocardial involvement: Perimyocarditis vs. Myopericarditis, 3.7. Specific forms: Tuberculous pericarditis, Post-cardiac injury syndrome: Epistenocardic pericarditis, Dessler syndrome, Post-pericardiotomy syndrome, Post-traumatic pericarditis; 4. Enlarged pericardial cavity, 4.1. Pericardial effusion, 4.2. Pneumopericardium, 4.3. Hemopericardium; 5. Cardiac tamponade, 5.1. Pathophysiology & clinical presentation, 5.2. Role of multimodality imaging, 6. Constrictive pericarditis, 6.1. Key findings: Role of advanced imaging, 6.2. Transient constrictive pericarditis, 6.3. Effusive-constrictive pericarditis, 6.4. Focal constrictive pericarditis; 7. Pericardial masses: 7.1. Benign pericardial masses, 7.2. Pericardial metastasis, 7.3. Primary pericardial tumors; 8. Conclusions

Sanjeev Bhalla MD

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