ALLMedicine™ Acute Pericarditis Center

Feb 1st, 2023 - Up to 30% of patients with acute pericarditis develop recurrent pericarditis. Acute pericarditis may be a manifestation of an underlying systemic autoimmune disease. Therefore, we evaluated the characteristics of patients with acute pericarditis a...

Jan 25th, 2023 - The aims of the study are: 1) to determine the incidence of elevated troponin levels pre- and postoperatively in patients undergoing CEA/CAS; 2) to assess whether elevated troponin levels pre- and postoperatively can predict the occurrence of myoc...

Jan 14th, 2023 - Acute pericarditis/myocarditis is a rare complication of the mRNA-based vaccines and although mostly self-limiting, long-term sequelae remain unclear. We enrolled all patients admitted to the emergency department between September 2021 and Februar...

Dec 14th, 2022 - The long COVID-19 syndrome has been recently described and some reports have suggested that acute pericarditis represents important manifestation of long COVID-19 syndrome. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and clinical characte...

Dec 1st, 2022 - The coronavirus infection 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to the development of mRNA vaccines with proven efficacy. However, it remains unclear whether patients who developed pericarditis after the first COVID-19 mRNA would be fit to receive the ...

Jan 25th, 2023 - The aims of the study are: 1) to determine the incidence of elevated troponin levels pre- and postoperatively in patients undergoing CEA/CAS; 2) to assess whether elevated troponin levels pre- and postoperatively can predict the occurrence of myoc...

Sep 9th, 2022 - Despite significant advances in the treatment of coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes (ACS) remain one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. In Chile, it is estimated that cardiovascular disease is responsible fo...

Oct 1st, 2021 - Dexamethasone compared to Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of acute pericarditis: a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial (Dexa-P) Objectives: The investigators hypothesize that therapy with short term, high dose dexame...

Feb 23rd, 2021 - Acute pericarditis is a clinical syndrome characterized by a profound inflammation of the membrane tissue that surrounds, supports and protects the heart. Acute pericarditis can be caused by a variety of infectious and non-infectious agents, but i...

Aug 17th, 2017 - Pericarditis usually present with chest pain and dyspnea. Effusion can present with no symptoms, dull ache in left chest and abdominal pain Cardiac tamponade is recognized by the excessive fall of systolic blood pressure Diagnostic workup A) Chest...

Sep 19th, 2017 - Pericardial effusions are common sequelae of acute pericarditis. The presence of systemic arterial hypotension, tachycardia, elevated jugular venous pressure, and/or pulsus paradoxus (a decrease in systolic arterial pressure of more than 10 mm Hg ...

Jul 11th, 2017 - Cardiovascular symptoms in pericardial effusion can include the following: Chest pain, pressure, discomfort: Characteristically, pericardial pain may be relieved by sitting up and leaning forward and is intensified by lying supine. Light-headednes...

Jul 26th, 2016 - PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS › Consider diagnoses other than asthma, COPD, heart failure, and pneumonia in patients with persistent or progressive dyspnea. C › Avoid steroids in patients with acute pericarditis because research shows that they increas.

Jul 26th, 2016 - PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS › Consider diagnoses other than asthma, COPD, heart failure, and pneumonia in patients with persistent or progressive dyspnea. C › Avoid steroids in patients with acute pericarditis because research shows that they increas.

Jul 24th, 2015 - Action Points The study suggests that colchicine is a steroid-sparing, effective agent for the treatment for pericarditis in patients with lupus. Note that three patients experienced mild gastrointestinal side effects but this did not require stop...