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. 2009 May 4;11(1):14. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-11-14

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Inflammatory-constrictive form of constrictive pericarditis. Short-axis T1-weighted spin-echo CMR (a) and LGE CMR (b). Diffusely thickened pericardium, with strong enhancement of the pericardial layers after gadolinium administration (arrows). Presence of a small pericardial effusion (*) along the inferolateral side of the right ventricle. Real-time CMR in cardiac short-axis during free breathing shows increased ventricular coupling with inspiratory septal inversion and increased right-sided septal motion at onset of expiration. At surgery, a heavily thickened, inflamed and constrictive pericardium was found.