Cureus, 2017 INTRODUCTION Acute pericarditis is the most commonly encountered manifestation of pericardial disease (incidence: 0.2 percent to 0.5 percent in hospitalized patients).
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Pericarditis Epistenocardica or Dressler Syndrome? An Autopsy Case
Case Reports in Medicine, 2015 Postinfarction pericarditis can be classified as “early,” referred to as pericarditis epistenocardica, or “delayed,” referred to as Dressler syndrome. The incidence of postinfarction pericarditis has decreased to
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"It's Sink or Swim'': Exploring Patients' Challenges and Tool Needs for Self-Management of Postoperative Acute Pain [PDF]
Poorly managed postoperative acute pain can have long-lasting negative impacts and pose a major healthcare issue. There is limited investigation to understand and address the unique needs of patients experiencing acute pain. In this paper, we tackle this gap through an interview study with 14 patients who recently underwent postoperative acute pain to ...
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Metastatic Liposarcoma: A Cause of Symptomatic Acute Pericarditis [PDF]
, 1997 We describe a patient presenting with a myxoid liposarcoma of the lower thigh in whom an episode of acute pericarditis indicated the recurrence of widespread metastatic ...
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Acute pericarditis after atrial fibrillation ablation: Incidence, characteristics, and risk factors
Heart Rhythm O2, 2022 S. Nakhla +10 more
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Pulsed‐Field Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in EU‐PORIA Registry
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, EarlyView.A total of 457 persistent AF patients from EU‐PORIA were included in this trial and Propensity score matched (PSM) analysis was conducted. The Kaplan‐Meier curve of all‐atrial arrhythmia‐free survival for (A) all persistent patients and (B) patients who underwent PSM conducted to the higher recurrence rate in PVI + α group.
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Unmasking the Enigma: Influenza Vaccine and the Rare Case of Post-Vaccination Pericarditis
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesAcute pericarditis is an inflammatory condition involving the pericardium, the double-layered sac that surrounds the heart. It is characterized by chest pain, typically pleuritic and sharp, along with other clinical and laboratory findings indicative of ...
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Pericarditis in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2013 Case. A 64-year-old Caucasian woman was brought to the emergency department with severe dysphagia and left chest pain for last 4 days. Initial evaluation revealed elevated ST segment in precordial leads on EKG with elevated cardiac enzymes.
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An Unusual Complication of Pericarditis
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2018 Background According to current guidelines, acute pericarditis is an inflammatory pericardial syndrome with or without pericardial effusion. Case Description We report on a patient who was treated for purulent pericarditis and developed a ...
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Advances in imaging chest tuberculosis: blurring of differences between children and adults [PDF]
, 2009 This article reviews the ongoing role of imaging in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and its complications. A modern imaging classification of TB, taking into account both adults and children and the blurring of differences in the presentation patterns,
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