Protruding fat from the posterior atrioventricular groove: a novel echocardiographic finding useful in distinguishing pericardial effusions from left pleural effusions

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 Jan;28(1):116-7. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.09.018. Epub 2014 Nov 5.

Authors

Jeffrey J Silbiger¹, Vaani Garg¹, Noah Moss¹, Tamanna Singh¹, John Savino¹, Brian Edebohls¹, Mazullah Kamran¹

Affiliation

¹ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

PMID: 25446901
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.09.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue / diagnostic imaging*
Atrioventricular Node / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography / methods*
Humans
Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity