Postoperative Pericarditis After Cardiac Surgery in Adult Congenital Heart Disease [PDF]
Background: Cardiac surgery is associated with postsurgical inflammatory conditions, including postoperative pericarditis, that confer morbidity and are understudied in the adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) population. Objectives: The purpose of this
Sinan Khor, MD, PhD +7 more
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Focal Constrictive Pericarditis, an Unusual Cause for Biventricular Failure. [PDF]
Parachikkottil F +5 more
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Infectious and Noninfectious Acute Pericarditis in Children: An 11-Year Experience [PDF]
Objective. The study was undertaken to determine the etiology, review management, and outcome in children diagnosed with acute pericarditis during 11 years at tertiary pediatric institution. Methods.
Nahed Abdel-Haq +4 more
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A successfully treated case of primary purulent pericarditis complicated by cardiac tamponade and pneumopericardium [PDF]
Acute pericarditis is caused by various factors, but purulent pericarditis is rare. Primary purulent pericarditis in immunocompetent hosts is very rare in the modern antibiotics era.
Jong Wook Beom +8 more
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Penggunaan Kortikosteroid pada Pasien Anak dengan Perikarditis Tuberkulosis.
Tuberculous pericarditis (TB pericarditis) is a disease that still frequently occurs in developing countries. The mortality rate due to TB pericarditis is still quite high, reaching 17-40%.
Novi Violona Edwar +2 more
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Constrictive pericarditis caused by viral myocarditis in children: a brief report
Background Constrictive pericarditis is more common in adults and has a low incidence in children. Here is a case of coxsackie virus induced myocarditis in children, resulting in constrictive pericarditis.
Haiyan Lei +3 more
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Armored heart as an image of constrictive pericarditis - a review of the literature
Introduction: Pericarditis is diagnosed among 5% patients hospitalized due to chest pain. It is included in pericardial syndromes together with constrictive pericarditis, pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade.
Wojciech Wokurka +9 more
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Acute recurrent pericarditis in thyrotoxicosis
The etiology of acute pericarditis is often thought to be autoimmune, and Graves’ disease has been reported in a few series to manifest as acute pericarditis.
Parvaiz Ahmad Zargar +2 more
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Predictive factors of recurrence after pediatric acute pericarditis
Objective: The predisposing factors for pericarditis recurrence in the pediatric population have not yet been established. This study aimed to define the risk factors for the unfavorable prognosis of pediatric acute pericarditis.
Stasa Krasic +9 more
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Use of Anakinra in steroid dependent recurrent pericarditis: a case report and review of literature
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine are the cornerstone treatment for recurrent pericarditis. Corticosteroids are frequently used in patients with recurrent episodes of pericarditis.
Vinay Kumar Thallapally +3 more
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