Subacute pericardial abscess after aortic valve replacement: a case report [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Purulent pericarditis is an infectious disease, frequently caused by gram-positive bacteria, that is rarely observed in healthy individuals, and is often associated with predisposing conditions. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we present the case of
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Acute Pericarditis and Cancer Risk: A Matched Cohort Study Using Linked UK Primary and Secondary Care Data. [PDF]
, 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
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Pericarditis—A Five Year Study In The African [PDF]
, 1973 A CAJM article on pericarditis in African patients at the Harare Referral Hospital.A retrospective study of cases of pericarditis presenting to Harare African Hospital during the five year period 1967-1971 was carried out.
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Blunt trauma as a suspected cause of delayed constrictive pericarditis: a case report [PDF]
, 2011 Introduction Constrictive pericarditis is a heterogeneous disease with many causes. Traumatic hemopericardium is an uncommon initiating cause. We report the case of a man developing constrictive pericarditis after blunt chest trauma, in order to ...
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Recurrence of pericarditis after influenza vaccination: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: This case report describes a patient with pericarditis likely attributed to influenza vaccination (positive rechallenge), with a literature review.
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A large pericardial effusion and bilateral pleural effusions as the initial manifestations of Familial Mediterranean Fever [PDF]
, 2015 Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a condition characterized by recurrent febrile poly-serositis. Typical presentations of the disease include episodes of fever, abdominal pain and joint pains. Chest pain is a less common presentation.
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Mortality in patients treated for tuberculous pericarditis in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
, 2016 Tuberculous pericarditis is one of the most severe forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, causing death or disability in a substantial proportion of affected people.1,2 In Africa, the incidence of tuberculous pericarditis is rising as a result of the HIV ...
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A clinical case of a 21-year-old patient with idiopathic acute exudative pericarditis [PDF]
, 2023 act Pericarditis is a disease entity associated with the primary or secondary inflammation of its layers, which may be accompanied by the accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac, the consequences of which depend mainly on the speed of its ...
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An approach to the patient with suspected pericardial disease [PDF]
, 2015 Diseases of the pericardium commonly manifest in one of three ways: acute pericarditis, pericardial effusion and constrictive pericarditis. In the developed world, the most common cause of acute pericarditis is viral or idiopathic disease, while in the ...
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A case of corticosteroid-dependent recurrent pericarditis with different response to two IL-1 blocking agents [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Recurrent pericarditis (RP) represents the most troublesome presentation of pericarditis and has a controversial pathogenesis that crosses infectious, auto-immune and auto-inflammatory pathways.
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