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Study flow chart.
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A corresponding flow chart is presented in Figure 1.
Cardiac MRI images of patients #1-5. Cine images are displayed in (A-E). All patients showed pericardial LGE, which was either diffuse [(F,K) in patient #1; (G,L) in patient #2 and (H,M) in patient #3] or focal [(I, N) in patient #4 and (J,O) in patient #5], whereas myocardial LGE or elevated T1- and T2-values (P-Y) were not present with any of our patients. Pericardial and pleura effusion was present in patients #1-3. Patient #2 developed signs of a pericardial tamponade and underwent urgent pericardiocentesis (arrows depicting pericardial effusion and LGE in cases #1-3 and pericardial LGE without effusion in cases #4,5; asterisks pointing to the pleura effusions in cases #1-3).
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Using late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), pericardial enhancement was observed in all patients, being diffuse in patients #1-3 and regional in patients #4-5 (Figure 2).