Two-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiographic Demonstration of
Reduction in Fibrin Content in Purulent Pericarditis Following
Intrapericardial Fibrinolytic Agent Administration
- Mahmoud Abdelsalam
, - Cyril Nathaniel,
- Zeyad Elmarzouky,
- Subash Dulal,
- Usama Habib,
- Maram Ahmed,
- Amir Ashiq,
- Navin Nanda
Abstract
We describe an adult patient who presented with purulent pericarditis in
whom two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a
marked decrease in the area of the right ventricular wall together with
the overlying fibrin following intrapericardial administration of a
fibrinolytic agent. Documentation of this decrease by measurements
performed and illustrated on two-dimensional images have not been
reported previously in an adult patient with purulent pericarditis, to
the best of our knowledge.11 Oct 2021Submitted to Echocardiography 12 Oct 2021Submission Checks Completed
12 Oct 2021Assigned to Editor
25 Oct 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
23 Nov 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
23 Nov 2021Editorial Decision: Accept
Jan 2022Published in Echocardiography volume 39 issue 1 on pages 146-148. 10.1111/echo.15282 
