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Sub-costal and four chamber images were included in the analysis if a minimum of two clearly identified fibrin strands were present and the quality of the images were of a standard which allowed for accurate measurement of the fractal dimension. The fractal dimension was calculated as follows: D<jats:sub>f<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u2009limlog <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>(s)\/[log (l\/s)], where D<jats:sub>f<\/jats:sub> is the box counting fractal dimension of the fibrin strand, s is the side length of the box and <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>(s) is the smallest number of boxes of side length s to cover the outline of the object being measured. We compared the fractal dimension of echocardiographic findings in patients with effusive constrictive pericarditis to effusive non-constrictive pericardial effusion using the non-parametric Mann\u2013Whitney test.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Of the 14 echocardiographs from 14 participants that were selected for the study, 42.8% (6\/14) of images were subcostal views while 57.1% (8\/14) were 4-chamber views. Eight of the patients had tuberculous effusive constrictive pericarditis while 6 had tuberculous effusive non-constrictive pericarditis. The mean fractal dimension D<jats:italic>f<\/jats:italic> was 1.325 with a standard deviation (SD) of 0.146. The measured fibrin strand dimension exceeded the topological dimension in all the images over the entire range of grid scales with a correlation coefficient (r<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>) greater than 0.8 in the majority. 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