A rare case of cor triatriatum was diagnosed in a 34-year-old woman using transoesophageal echocardiography after initial transthoracic echocardiography findings suggested right heart abnormalities.

Pericardial effusions are best diagnosed by echocardiography ... pericardiocentesis is different than analyzing fluid from a pleural effusion or ascites. Pericardial fluid is not classified ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

This trial, the first randomized study on thoracentesis for pleural effusion in heart failure, found that adding routine ...

Diagnosis is clinical, based on hypotension with a large pericardial effusion; however, echocardiography can ... between the pericardial space and the pleural space. This is done when there ...

A retrospective evaluation of pleural intervention data in the UK reveals that inadequate use of thoracic ultrasound ...