Echocardiography is an established method for the diagnosis of @entity2294 . Echographic findings in @entity66 have also been described. The interpretation of a changing serial echogram during the clinical course of @entity66 has not been established. Sixteen @entity1 with echographic evidence of @entity2294 were followed with serial echographic studies. In seven, surgical or autopsy correlation was obtained. Because of the serial changes noted we undertook a study in @entity235 to clarify the problem of variability in intensity of sound reflected from the pericardial space. Three open-chested @entity235 were studied with rapid sequence surface echograms as blood introduced into the pericardial space was converted from the unclotted to the clotted state. In all three @entity235 blood clooting increased the intensity or sound reflected from the pericardial space. Our study of two @entity1 with fibroadhesive @entity66 documents serial changes in echoes from the pericardium and pericardial space accompanying the clinical evolution of the disease process, and suggests a method for avoiding the commonly encountered difficulty in proper identification of the pericardial and epicardial echoes. Our preliminary studies suggest that serial echograms should play an important role in the management of @entity1 with @entity2294 ; further surgical/pathological correlations are required.

The role of serial echocardiography in the evaluation and differential diagnosis of XXXX .

@entity2294 :: ('MESH:D010490', 'Disease') :: ['pericardial effusion'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['fibroadhesive disease', 'pericardial disease'] @entity235 :: ('9615', 'Species') :: ['dogs']
@entity66 :: (MESH:D004194,Disease) :: ['pericardial disease']
