Pericardium

Question 1

Causes of constrictive pericarditis

Answer 1

Prior surgery, radiation, infectious pericarditis, CVD, uremia

Question 2

Imaging findings constrictive pericarditis

Answer 2

Pericardial thickening and calcification (although pericardium can be normal too!)

Small tubular ventricles, dilated atria, ventricular interdependence (septal bounce)