Acute inflammatory myopericardial syndromes span a range from pure pericarditis to pure myocarditis, with the terms myopericarditis and perimyocarditis used to reflect the dominant component of ...

During the past four years 13 patients with acute pericarditis have been studied at this hospital. Case reports concerning 7 of these patients illustrating the main features of this disorder were ...

TORINO, Italy — In a prospective study, almost 500 patients with pericarditis, myopericarditis, or perimyocarditis who were followed for three years had "benign" outcomes, and the only significant ...

Case 1. One of us (M.J.G.) had the opportunity, in 1937, of observing a 15-year-old boy in whom serum sickness followed the administration of tetanus antitoxin. This was manifested by fever, ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of beta-blockers in addition to standard anti-inflammatory therapies may improve symptom control in ...

A 35-year-old man presents with sudden onset sharp chest pain following a flu-like illness. The pain does not radiate and is not associated with breathlessness. It is relieved slightly by sitting up ...

A 28-year-old man who is new to your list, and whose records have not yet arrived, presents in your emergency surgery with a two-day history of substernal chest pain. He describes this as sharp and ...