We identified four patients (0.9%) with acute pericarditis before engraftment (Table 1) according to the following diagnostic criteria: presence of acute chest pain, presence of diffuse ST-segment ...

Between January 2000 and December 2006, 238 patients with a final diagnosis of acute pericarditis were identified, 40 (16.8%) of whom were referred for PCI.

Acute and recurrent pericarditis are the most common pericardial syndromes and represent an etiology of chest pain that is associated with substantial morbidity, decreased quality of life and ...

RECENT reports have indicated that the Coxsackie viruses may well be etiologic agents in certain cases of acute benign pericarditis. During the months of June to November, 1958, there was an outbre ...

Acute pericarditis can develop suddenly and cause sharp chest pain, similar to a heart attack. While the cause is often unknown, it can be the result of an infection, autoimmune disorders, heart ...

This theory readily explains many forms of pericarditis, 10,12,13,22 offers the interesting hypothesis that many etiologic factors may cause the clinical picture of acute idiopathic pericarditis ...

This is the fourth installment of our 8-part series on cardiovascular complications in patients with COVID-19. In this installment, we will discuss acute pericarditis, myocarditis, and ...