Pericardial Effusion - Diagnosis

Diagnosis

• A CT scan image showing a pericaridal effusion

• A very large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion due to malignancy as seen on ultrasound. closed arrow: the heart, open arrow: the effusion

• Pericardial effusion due to malignancy. Note bulbous heart and primary lung cancer in right upper lobe.

• An ECG showing electrical alternans in a person with a pericardial effusion.

• A pericardial effusion due to pericarditis