Colchicine in addition to usual care for acute pericarditis with classical ECG changes after catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias [PDF]
American Heart Journal PlusBackground: 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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Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]
Circulation, 2005 Background— The incidence of tuberculous pericarditis is increasing in Africa as a result of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. The primary objective of this article was to review and summarize the literature on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of tuberculous pericarditis.
Bongani Mayosi
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Constrictive Pericarditis and Effusive Constrictive Pericarditis: Is There a Role for Medical Therapy? [PDF]
Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular JournalConstrictive pericarditis (CP) represents a spectrum of pericardial diseases characterized by impaired ventricular filling due to a noncompliant pericardium.
Lamis El Harake +2 more
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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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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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Armored heart as an image of constrictive pericarditis - a review of the literature
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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Acute recurrent pericarditis in thyrotoxicosis
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2020 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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Proton beam therapy causing pericarditis – a rare case of radiation induced cardiotoxicity
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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Predictive factors of recurrence after pediatric acute pericarditis
Jornal de Pediatria, 2021 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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