Risk of Constrictive Pericarditis After Acute Pericarditis [PDF]
Background— Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is considered a rare, dreaded possible complication of acute pericarditis. Nevertheless, there is a lack of prospective studies that have evaluated the specific risk according to different etiologies.
Massimo Imazio +2 more
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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 ...
Emilia Lazarou +2 more
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Assessing Acute Pericarditis with T1 Mapping: A Supportive Contrast-Free CMR Marker [PDF]
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of pericardial T1 mapping as a potential supportive non-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) parameter in the diagnosis of acute pericarditis.
Riccardo Cau +6 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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Colchicine in addition to usual care for acute pericarditis with classical ECG changes after catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias [PDF]
Background: Acute pericarditis is a complication associated with radiofrequency or cryo-energy catheter ablation (CA) for arrhythmias and may be accompany pericardial effusion.
Mauro Toniolo +2 more
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Acute pericarditis after ovarian stimulation in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and literature review [PDF]
Acute pericarditis is a clinical syndrome characterized by acute inflammation of the pericardium, which may result from various infectious or non-infectious etiologies.
Haihong Wang +6 more
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Racial and sex differences in acute pericarditis among emergency department chest pain patients: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Background Acute pericarditis is a rare diagnosis among emergency department (ED) patients with chest pain, and how race and sex jointly influence risk remains poorly characterized.
Joshua Emakhu +8 more
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ST-segment elevation in acute pericarditis and myocardial involvement: electrocardiographic and clinical profiling [PDF]
Background Pericardium is considered electrically inert, but diffuse ST-elevation is an electrocardiographic marker of acute pericarditis. We hypothesised that ST-elevation in acute pericarditis may reflect underlying myocardial involvement. Accordingly,
Massimo Imazio +18 more
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Radiation-induced acute pericarditis after palliative spine radiation in a non-small cell lung cancer patient on osimertinib: a case report [PDF]
Radiation-induced acute pericarditis is a rare but life-threatening condition requiring prompt recognition. We report a case of acute pericarditis occurring immediately after palliative spine radiation in a 54-year-old male with non-small cell lung ...
Chomkwan Decha-umphai +3 more
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Shortening of the PR interval in pericarditis after coronary bypass surgery [PDF]
Background: Pericarditis, following pericardiotomy, is a well-known complication of cardiac surgery. The diagnosis of postpericardiotomy pericarditis (PP) is based on the electrocardiography (ECG) changes the ST segment elevation in combination with a ...
David P. Dundua +2 more
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