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Systemic manifestations in the course of meningococcal disease [PDF]

, 2009
Background/Aim. Meningococcal disease most often manifests itself as meningitis or sepsis. During the course of these diseases, other clinical events sometimes develop such as pneumonia, pericarditis, arthritis, and they are referred to as extrameningeal
Dokić Ljubiša, Dulović Olga, Gvozdenović Eleonora, Milošević Branko, Nikolić Svetlana, Pavlović Milorad, Popović Nataša, Stevanović Goran   +7 more
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US Database Study of Clinical Burden and Unmet Need in Recurrent Pericarditis

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Patients with recurrent pericarditis (RP) may develop complications, multiple recurrences, or inadequate treatment response. This study aimed to characterize disease burden and unmet needs in RP.
Allan Klein, Paul Cremer, Apostolos Kontzias, Muhammad Furqan, Ryan Tubman, Mike Roy, Michelle Z. Lim‐Watson, Matthew Magestro   +7 more
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Colchicine in Treatment of Intractable Postpericardiotomy Syndrome in an Elderly Patient

International Journal of Gerontology, 2011
Postpericardiotomy syndrome is a specific type of acute pericarditis because of a delayed pericardial and/or pleural reaction after thoracic surgery. Relapse after aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and/or steroid treatment or intractable to ...
Lin-Shong Li, Chun-Fu Chen, Der-Yan Tai
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Triple valve infective endocarditis - a late diagnosis [PDF]

, 2018
Behcet\u27s disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology with cardiac involvement as well as damage to other organs. Whether the sterile valvular inflammation which occurs in this autoimmune disease predisposes to bacterial adhesion and ...
Barbulescu, Andreea L., Chisalau, Beatrice A., Ciurea, Paulina L., Dinescu, Stefan C., Efrem, Ion C., Firulescu, Sineta C., Mustafa, Edme R., Parvanescu, Cristina D., Radu, Lucretiu, Tartea, Georgica C., Vreju, Ananu F.   +10 more
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The Use of IL-1 Receptor Antagonist (Anakinra) in Idiopathic Recurrent Pericarditis: A Narrative Review

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2016
Recurrent pericarditis is a complication of acute pericarditis in 20–30% of the patients and is usually idiopathic in nature. The underlying pathogenesis of this condition remains unclear, although immune-mediated mechanisms seem likely.
Shankar Baskar, Allan L. Klein, Andrew Zeft   +2 more
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Recurrent pericarditis: a case report and literature review

Acta Medica Lituanica, 2017
Background. Recurrence affects about 30% (20% to 50%) of patients within 18 months after the initial episode of acute pericarditis resulting in subsequent rehospitalizations.
Justina Katinaitė, Birutė Petrauskienė   +1 more
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Colchicine for children with pericarditis: systematic review of clinical studies [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To review the evidence for the efficacy and safety of colchicine in children with pericarditis. DESIGN: Systematic review. SEARCH STRATEGY: The following databases were searched for studies about colchicine in children with pericarditis (June ...
Adler, Adler, Adler, Alabed, Alabed, Amanda Burls, Betrián Blasco, Brucato, Brucato, del Fresno, Dudzinski, Giordano Pérez-Gaxiola, Imazio, Imazio, Imazio, Imazio, Imazio, Imazio, Imazio, Imazio, Lotrionte, Miller, Peterlana, Picco, Raatikka, Samer Alabed, Scardapane, Shakti, Soler-Soler, Yazigi, Zayas   +30 more
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Recurrent Pericarditis [PDF]

Circulation, 2005
Recurrence is a serious complication of acute pericarditis, characterized by a return of pericardial pain after recovery from an attack of typical acute pericarditis. Some patients experience only a single recurrence, but in many less fortunate, pericardial pain returns unexpectedly at variable intervals during a period that may extend over many years.
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Meta-analysis for the value of colchicine for the therapy of pericarditis and of postpericardiotomy syndrome

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2019
Background Colchicine has been used as anti-inflammatory agent in pericardial effusion (PE). We sought to perform a meta-analysis of randomized trials assessing the efficacy and safety of colchicine in patients with pericarditis or postpericardiotomy ...
Leon L. Lutschinger, Angelos G. Rigopoulos, Peter Schlattmann, Marios Matiakis, Daniel Sedding, Paul Christian Schulze, Michel Noutsias   +6 more
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Problems of immunopathology and prospects for pharmacotherapy of idiopathic recurrent pericarditis: Using an interleukin 1 inhibitor (Anakinra)

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2023
Pericarditis, a clinical syndrome characterized by inflammation and thickening of the pericardium, is one of the most common forms of inflammatory diseases of the cardiovascular system.
E. L. Nasonov, Z. N. Sukmarova, T. V. Popkova, B. S. Belov   +3 more
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