HIV induced pericarditis echocardiography


 * Associate Editor-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S.

Echocardiography:

 * Approximately one third of the patients with symptomatic pericardial effusion can develop cardiac tamponade.


 * A baseline echocardiography is indicated in HIV patients regardless of the stage of the disease, or in patients with evidence of heart failure, Kaposi's sarcoma, tuberculosis.

The echocardiogram below demonstrates swinging motion of the heart in cardiac tamponade.

