This study and the accompanying editorial present important information that helps us compare and contrast acute pericarditis with AMI. Salisbury and colleagues attempted to determine the frequency of ...
In addition, several drugs have been reported occasionally to produce pericarditis 4–12 when administered to man. The mechanism by which they induce the lesion appears to be one of hypersensitivity ...
Although allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be curative for various hematological disorders, it continues to be associated with a significant incidence of treatment-related ...
Acute inflammatory myopericardial syndromes span a range from pure pericarditis to pure myocarditis, with the terms myopericarditis and perimyocarditis used to reflect the dominant component of ...
RECENT reports have indicated that the Coxsackie viruses may well be etiologic agents in certain cases of acute benign pericarditis. During the months of June to November, 1958, there was an outbreak ...
Acute pericarditis is inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart that develops suddenly and causes sharp chest pain. The cause is usually a viral or bacterial infection. The condition is ...
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In acute pericarditis, the ECG typically shows a pattern of PR segment depression, concave ST-segment elevation, and T-wave inversion. 4 Myocarditis alone usually presents with nonspecific ST-segment ...
The findings of a small preliminary study have suggested that colchicine could prove valuable as first-line therapy for new-onset acute pericarditis as an adjunct to conventional treatments. The ...
New ESC Guidelines to improve the diagnosis and care of patients with myocarditis and pericarditis have been published at ESC Congress 2025 and also appear in the European Heart Journal. This is the ...
Recurrent pericarditis happens when inflammation of the heart’s protective sac returns after you’ve been symptom-free for at least 4 months. It affects up to 30% of people who experience acute ...
Common causes of constrictive pericarditis include prior heart surgery, a history of radiation therapy, infections such as tuberculosis, chest injury, and other possible factors. Constrictive ...