In 9 of 10 patients with acute pericarditis, the cause of the disease ... Although serologic criteria for associated myocarditis are not well defined, historically concern has focused on elevated ...

The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis is based ... At least two out of the four criteria are needed for a diagnosis. [6] The initial diagnostic evaluation of a patient with suspicion ...

Patients will typically exhibit the insidious or acute onset of an oligoarthritis ... and the earlier, 1987 ARA criteria. While they are often referred to as diagnostic criteria, both the 2010 ...

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 ...

This difference was not statistically significant, but it is important to be aware that acute pericarditis is often associated with elevated troponin levels, further complicating diagnostic certainty.

Read on to learn more about pericarditis, its types, causes, symptoms, treatment, and more. Your first episode, called acute pericarditis, typically lasts less than 4-6 weeks. It may occur on its ...

A diagnostic rise in titer ... It was shown above how these criteria have been fulfilled in some of the present patients with acute benign pericarditis, and these findings are offered as further ...

The Jones criteria is a diagnostic tool for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever (ARF). It involves testing heart function using echocardiograms, X-rays, blood tests, and other screenings. Rheumatic ...

Acute and recurrent pericarditis require medical management ... considered the cutoff in terms of contraindication. No specific criteria or scoring system for hepatic impairment is used, only ...

Researchers proposed new diagnostic criteria for chronic obstructive pulmonary ... can vary from years of stability to devastating acute exacerbations and respiratory failure, with several studies ...

In this installment, we will discuss acute pericarditis, myocarditis, and perimyocarditis in patients with COVID-19. A 36-year-old woman presents to an urgent care clinic with complaints of a ...