Video 59.2 - Large pericardial effusion – Parasternal long-axis view
Large pericardial effusion: two-dimensional echocardiographic videoclip taken from the parasternal long-axis position. Note the large pericardial effusion with the heart swinging in a to-and-fro fashion. The lateral and posterior aspects of the effusion are relatively stable in size throughout the cardiac cycle, while the anterior effusion is far more apparent in systole
