Acute Pericarditis and Cancer Risk: A Matched Cohort Study Using Linked UK Primary and Secondary Care Data [PDF]
Background We aimed to examine whether acute pericarditis is an indicator of undetected cancer and identify patient‐level factors associated with high cancer risk among patients presenting with pericarditis. Methods and Results A population‐based matched
Kirstine Kobberøe Søgaard+3 more
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Acute Pericarditis: Update. [PDF]
Since 2015, when ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases were published, ongoing research has enhanced the current state of knowledge on acute pericarditis. This review is an update on the latest developments in this field.In recurrent acute pericarditis, autoinflammation has been included among causative mechanisms ...
Lazarou E+4 more
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Summary Acute pericarditis is a common disease caused by inflammation of the pericardium, usually benign and self-limited and can occur as an isolated or as a manifestation of a systemic disease entity. Represents 5% of all causes of chest pain in the emergency room.
Brucato A+25 more
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Proton beam therapy causing pericarditis – a rare case of radiation induced cardiotoxicity [PDF]
Acute pericarditis is caused by the inflammation of the pericardium which can result in an effusion around the heart. Proton beam therapy causing radiation-induced pericarditis is not a well-known cause of pericarditis.
Rahul Gupta+4 more
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A Deep Learning Algorithm for Detecting Acute Pericarditis by Electrocardiogram. [PDF]
(1) Background: Acute pericarditis is often confused with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) among patients presenting with acute chest pain in the emergency department (ED).
Liu YL, Lin CS, Cheng CC, Lin C.
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Acute Pericarditis: Electrocardiogram [PDF]
HPI: A 22 year-old male presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of retrosternal chest pain that started yesterday. He described the pain as a constant, sharp and pleuritic.
Jason Mefford, Shannon Toohey
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Immunomodulating Therapies in Acute Myocarditis and Recurrent/Acute Pericarditis. [PDF]
The field of inflammatory disease of the heart or “cardio-immunology” is rapidly evolving due to the wider use of non-invasive diagnostic tools able to detect and monitor myocardial inflammation.
Ammirati E+11 more
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PR Depression With Multilead ST Elevation and ST Depression in aVR by Left Circumflex Artery Occlusion: How To Differentiate From Acute Pericarditis [PDF]
PR-segment depression with multilead ST-segment elevation and ST-segment depression in lead aVR are classic ECG manifestation of acute pericarditis.
Birnbaum, Yochai+2 more
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A clinical case of a 21-year-old patient with idiopathic acute exudative pericarditis [PDF]
act Pericarditis is a disease entity associated with the primary or secondary inflammation of its layers, which may be accompanied by the accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac, the consequences of which depend mainly on the speed of its ...
Łukasz Wołowiec+8 more
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Efficacy and safety of anakinra in radiation-induced acute pericarditis: a case report [PDF]
BackgroundAcute pericarditis represents an inflammatory disease affecting the pericardial layers. In developed countries more than 80% of pericarditis are defined as idiopathic, less frequently they are secondary to other conditions such as infections ...
Ludovico Luca Sicignano+7 more
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