Proton beam therapy causing pericarditis – a rare case of radiation induced cardiotoxicity [PDF]
Cardio-Oncology, 2022 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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Colchicine for pericarditis [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014 Pericarditis is the inflammation of the pericardium, the membranous sac surrounding the heart. Recurrent pericarditis is the most common complication of acute pericarditis, causing severe and disabling chest pains.
Alabed, S. +4 more
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Armored heart as an image of constrictive pericarditis - a review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 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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Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated pneumonia complicated by purulent pericarditis: case series [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2015 Objective: In the antibiotic era, purulent pericarditis is a rare entity. However, there are still reports of cases of the disease, which is associated with high mortality, and most such cases are attributed to delayed diagnosis.
Catia Cillóniz +5 more
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Acute Pericarditis and Cancer Risk: A Matched Cohort Study Using Linked UK Primary and Secondary Care Data [PDF]
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 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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Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
Faria, D, Freitas, A
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A successfully treated case of primary purulent pericarditis complicated by cardiac tamponade and pneumopericardium [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2021 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.
Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Indonesia, 2021 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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Rilonacept and Anakinra in Recurrent Pericarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
, 2022 Interleukin 1 (IL-1) has been indicated as a mediator of recurrent pericarditis. Rilonacept, a soluble IL-1 receptor chimeric fusion protein neutralizing interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1α) and interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β), has demonstrated promising results in a ...
Affas, Rafe S +12 more
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Constrictive pericarditis caused by viral myocarditis in children: a brief report
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022 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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