This study and the accompanying editorial present important information that helps us compare and contrast acute pericarditis with AMI. Salisbury and colleagues attempted to determine the frequency of ...

In acute pericarditis, the ECG typically shows a pattern of PR segment depression, concave ST-segment elevation, and T-wave inversion. 4 Myocarditis alone usually presents with nonspecific ST-segment ...

Laboratory signs of inflammation are common in patients with myopericarditis and include elevations in white blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and serum C-reactive protein concentration ...

Although allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be curative for various hematological disorders, it continues to be associated with a significant incidence of treatment-related ...

DESCRIPTIONS of the syndrome of acute nonspecific or idiopathic pericarditis appearing since the report by Barnes and Burchell 1 have added little to knowledge of the subject. They have, however, ...

A 54 year old male with no significant past medical history presents to his primary care physician with 2 days of chest pains including now. His vital signs and physical examination are normal. His ...

An 11-year-old boy with splenectomized homozygous beta-thalassemia (Pesaro class 2) underwent HLA-matched unrelated donor BMT. Pre-transplant electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiogram showed no ...

In addition, several drugs have been reported occasionally to produce pericarditis 4–12 when administered to man. The mechanism by which they induce the lesion appears to be one of hypersensitivity ...

Pericarditis chest pain may be worsened when you lie down. While acute cases resolve within a few weeks, the symptoms can still interfere with your ability to sleep. Pericarditis is a type of heart ...

Pericarditis is an inflammation and swelling of the thin, saclike tissue (called the pericardium) that protects the heart. In addition to chest pain, symptoms of pericarditis include fever, weakness, ...

A patient develops pericarditis 19 days after testing positive test for COVID-19. The authors describe how to recognize, diagnose, and treat this condition. This is the fourth installment of our ...