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Treatment of recurrent pericarditis

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 2012
Recurrent pericarditis is the most common and troublesome complication of pericarditis affecting around a third of patients. Treatment of this condition is often one of the most challenging task in pericardial diseases management, especially in corticosteroids-dependent cases.
Massimo Imazio
exaly   +6 more sources

Rilonacept for the treatment of recurrent pericarditis

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 2022
Recurrent pericarditis (RP) is a debilitating disease that has an underlying autoinflammatory pathophysiology mediated by cytokine interleukin (IL)-1. Rilonacept, a recombinant dimeric fusion protein that blocks IL-1α and IL-1β signaling has emerged as a valuable therapeutic option of RP.
Reza Reyaldeen, , Emmanuel Akintoye
exaly   +3 more sources

RECURRENT TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1952
Excerpt Shock and pain are seldom considered to be prominent manifestations of tuberculous pericarditis.
R C, JANOVSKY, J F, BOETTNER, H S, VAN ORDSTRAND, D B, EFFLER   +3 more
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Recurrent Pericarditis

Cardiology Clinics, 1990
The most common background for recurrent pericarditis is that of acute nonspecific pericarditis. Relapsing pericarditis also may follow cardiac trauma, cardiac operations, myocardial infarction, and intrapericardial bleeding. The exact recurrence rate after initial attacks of idiopathic pericarditis is unknown but appears to be in the range of 15% to ...
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Recurrent pericarditis: Autoimmune or autoinflammatory?

Autoimmunity Reviews, 2012
Idiopathic recurrent acute pericarditis (IRAP) represents the most troublesome complication of acute pericarditis and occurs in up to 20-50% of patients. It is generally idiopathic or postcardiac injury. IRAP is a disease of suspected immune-mediated pathogenesis.
Maestroni S, Di Corato PR, Cumetti D, Chiara DB, Ghidoni S, Prisacaru L, Cantarini L, Imazio M, Penco S, Pedrotti P, CAFORIO, ALIDA LINDA PATRIZIA, DORIA, ANDREA, Brucato A.   +12 more
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Efficacy and safety of Anakinra in idiopathic recurrent pericarditis: Results from the UPACITER study.

International Journal of Cardiology
BACKGROUND Idiopathic recurrent pericarditis (IRP) is a chronic autoinflammatory condition characterized by relapsing episodes of pericardial inflammation.
Martin Michaud, L. Sailler, M. Lemeu, B. Castel, Fabienne Vacheret, L. Prudhomme, G. Pugnet   +6 more
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Treatment of refractory recurrent pericarditis

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2007
We report a difficult case of a 45-year-old woman with refractory recurrent pericarditis, who was treated with several different medical therapies, pericardial window, and pericardiectomy. This case suggests that more invasive diagnostic and therapeutic choices, such as pericardial window and pericardiectomy, should be carefully considered for possible
Imazio M, Cecchi E, Correndo L, D'Oulx EA, Doronzo B, Trinchero R   +5 more
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Human intravenous immunoglobulins for recurrent pericarditis: a multicentre cohort study.

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
AIMS Based on limited data, intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) have been proposed as possible last therapeutic option for recurrent pericarditis (RP). The aim of this multicentre registry was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of IVIG in these patients ...
Valentino Collini, F. Venturelli, R. Berghi, A. Andreis, M. De Biasio, Marco Merlo, A. Brucato, G. Lazaros, G. Sinagra, M. Imazio   +9 more
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Recurrent pericarditis: Infectious or autoimmune?

Autoimmunity Reviews, 2008
The etiology and pathogenesis of idiopathic recurrent acute pericarditis (IRAP) remain controversial standing like a bridge that crosses infectious, autoimmune and autoinflammatory pathways. Anything may cause acute pericarditis; Echo-virus, and Coxsackie are the most frequently involved viruses, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Coxiella burnetii the ...
BRUCATO A, MAESTRONI S, CUMETTI D, THIELLA G, ALARIA G, BRAMBILLA G, IMAZIO M, DORIA, ANDREA, PALMIERI G, ADLER Y.   +9 more
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Use of anakinra during pregnancy and breastfeeding in women with recurrent pericarditis: A case series.

European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology
INTRODUCTION Recurrent pericarditis poses significant challenges in pregnant and breastfeeding women, requiring treatments that balance maternal health with fetal safety.
L. Trotta, R. Mascolo, V. Mardygan, A. Cercek, A. Claveau, L. Sicignano, Giuseppe Lopalco, E. Bizzi, M. Pancrazi, Elisa Calabrò, A. Caforio, A. S. Giordani, S. Uğurlu, Valentino Collini, A. Andreis, M. Imazio, A. Brucato   +16 more
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