TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF PERICARDIAL DISEASE A1 - Smith, Sakima A. A1 - Orsinelli, David A. A2 - Orsinelli, David A. PY - 2016 T2 - Color Atlas and Synopsis of Echocardiography AB - Echocardiography remains the principal imaging method to assess pericardial disease, especially in the acute setting, and it is the imaging method of choice to diagnose the presence of pericardial effusions. In fact, one of the initial descriptions of the use of echocardiography in the United States was a seminal paper by Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum in 1965 describing the use of cardiac ultrasound to detect pericardial fluid.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1132342540 ER -