18 – Pericardial diseases

Echocardiography is the first-line imaging technique for the diagnosis and the follow-up of pericardial disease. However, computed tomography (CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging provide complementary information to echocardiography, offering many advantages. This chapter will illustrate the abilities of different noninvasive imaging techniques in the diagnosis and the management of pericardial diseases in various clinical scenarios.