Acute Pericarditis WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Acute Pericarditis
Acute pericarditis is inflammation of the membrane (the pericardium) surrounding the heart that begins suddenly and is painful. Acute pericarditis usually results from an infection or other conditions that irritate the pericardium including disease, drugs, invasive cardiothoracic procedures, and chest trauma.1 Acute pericarditis usually lasts less than six weeks. The most common symptom is a sharp stabbing chest pain on the left side of the chest, that tends to be worse when laying down, coughing, or when breathing deeply.2
Fast Facts:
- Acute pericarditis is the most common condition affecting the pericardium.
- Testing for acute pericarditis includes ECG, EKG, blood tests, CT scan, chest x-ray, echocardiogram, or an MRI.3
- Acute pericarditis is more common in men than women.
- About one in five people with acute pericarditis has a recurrence within months of the original episode.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ American Academy of Family Physicians: Acute Pericarditis
- ↑ Merck Manuals: Acute Pericarditis
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayo Clinic: Pericarditis
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- Contributor: Tina Bingel
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Tina Bingel
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Acute percaditis, Acute Percarditis, Acut percarditis, Pericarditis Acute, Short-term pericarditis
- Last update: Aug. 4, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
