Atypical Presentation of Constrictive Pericarditis in a Holstein Heifer

Figure 4

Ultrasonogram of pericardial effusion with strands of fibrin on the epicardium obtained by 3.5 MHz convex transducer placed in the fifth intercostal space on the left thorax. 1: thoracic wall; 2: parietal pleura; 3: pleural effusion; 4: lung 5: hypoechogenic pericardial effusion; 6, thickened pericardium with fibrin strands; 7, atrial wall.