Circulation, 1954 Statistical studies of the frequency of the different etiologic types of acute pericarditis may be misleading because of an increasing recognition of nonspecific pericarditis. In our experience this form is the most common in private practice, while on the wards of a general hospital, tuberculous pericarditis is the most frequent variety.
J, McGUIRE, J H, KOTTE, R A, HELM
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Association of the Pan-Immune-Inflammatory Value (PIV) and HALP score with disease prognosis and recovery in patients with acute pericarditis: An observational cohort study. [PDF]
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Acta Medica Lituanica, 2022 Acute pericarditis is the most common inflammatory disorder of the pericardium, responsible for approximately 5% of visits to the emergency departments, concerning chest pain without myocardial infarction.
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Case Report: ST-Segment Elevation in a Man With Acute Pericarditis
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020 Background: Acute pericarditis is a rapid inflammatory condition of the pericardium with both infectious and non-infectious etiology. Most acute pericarditis is self-limited, with a small portion evolving rapidly.
Yi-Ming Li +4 more
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Pericardial effusion caused by viral pericarditis in a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis
Renal Replacement Therapy, 2022 Background Acute pericarditis causes acute inflammation of the pericardium. Although most cases of pericarditis are idiopathic with no identifiable cause, its etiology can be infectious, such as viral, bacterial, mycotic, and tuberculous infections, or ...
Masahiro Egawa +8 more
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Acute Pericarditis: Electrocardiogram
Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2016 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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A Case Report of Systemic Sclerosis Complicated by Biventricular Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension and Review of Literature [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder whose aetiology is not fully understood. Skin fibrosis and visceral organs involvement are the hallmarks, and the heart could be disproportionately or subtly involved ...
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Effect of prednisolone on inflammatory markers in pericardial tuberculosis: A pilot study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Pericardial disorders are a common cause of heart disease, and the most common cause of pericarditis in developing countries is tuberculous (TB) pericarditis.
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Novel Pathophysiological, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Concepts in Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 Acute pericarditis is the most frequent pericardial disease characterized by inflammation of the pericardial layers resulting in pain, dyspnea and fatigue.
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Acute idiopathic pericarditis with transient constriction [4] [PDF]
, 2004 The etiology and the clinical pattern of acute pericarditis change frequently and some classic assumption and descriptions are outdated.
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