Pericarditis WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Pericarditis and compiled helpful research notes below.
- American Heart Association: Pericardium and Pericarditis
americanheart.org - Pericardium and Pericarditis
- Mayo Clinic: Pericarditis Overview mayoclinic.com - Pericarditis Overview
- Cardiology Channel: Pericarditis cardiologychannel.com - Pericarditis
- eMedicine: Pericarditis, Constrictive emedicine.com - Pericarditis, Constrictive
- Cleveland Clinic (via WebMD): Heart Disease: Pericardial Disease (Percarditis) webmd.com - Heart Disease: Pericardial Disease (Percarditis)
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Research Notes on Pericarditis
Pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium (the fibrous sac surrounding the heart). Pericarditis is further classified according to the composition of the inflammatory exudate: serous, purulent, fibrinous, and hemorrhagic types are distinguished. ...read more from Wikipedia
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Fast Facts:
- Symptoms of pericarditis: chest pain, dry cough, fever, fatigue and anxiety.
- Pericarditis can be misdiagnosed as myocardial infarction (heart attack) and vice versa.
- The treatment in viral or idiopathic pericarditis is with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
== What is Pericarditis?==
- Cleveland Clinic: Pericarditis
- Texas Heart Institute: Pericarditis
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: What is Pericarditis?
- Merck Manuals: Acute Pericarditis
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus) Pericarditis
- Mount Sinai Medical Center: Pericarditis
- Cove Point Foundation: Pericarditis
What Are The Symptoms of Pericarditis?
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Pericarditis Symptoms
- Wrong Diagnosis: Symptoms of Pericarditis
- Mayo Clinic: Pericarditis Signs and Symptoms
- Chemocare: Pericarditis Symptoms & Solutions
- MedicineNet: What are the Symptoms of Pericarditis?
- UpToDate: Pericarditis Signs and Symptoms
What Are The Causes and Complications of Pericarditis?
- MedicineNet: What Causes Pericarditis?
- Wrong Diagnosis: Pericarditis Causes
- Mayo Clinic: Pericarditis Complications | Pericarditis Causes
- Wrong Diagnosis: Complications of Pericarditis
- UpToDate: Pericarditis Causes
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Pericarditis?
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Pericarditis Treatment
- Mayo Clinic: Pericarditis Treatment
- A.D.A.M. (via Medline Plus): Pericarditis Treatment
- Cardiology Channel: Pericarditis Treatment
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Pericarditis?
- Health and Age: Pericarditis Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Complementary and Alternative Therapies
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Pericarditis?
- InteliHealth: Pericardits Prognosis
- Mt Sinai: Types of Pericarditis
- University of Florida: ECG Stages of Pericarditis
How Do You Prevent Pericarditis?
- My Heart Central: Pericarditis Prevention
- InteliHealth: Pericarditis Prevention
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Pericarditis Prevention
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Pericarditis
- Human Disease: Pericarditis Health Blog
- Blogspot: Pericarditis
- Google blog Search: Pericarditis Search Result
- Wrong Diagnosis: Pericarditis Forums
- QTsyndrome.ch: Pericarditis Message Board
- Health Boards: Constrictive Pericarditis?
Foundations and Support Groups on Pericarditis
- Heart and Stroke Foundation: Pericarditis
- iVillage: Heart & Blood Disorder Organizations
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Pericarditis
- Circulation: Pericardial Disease
- PubMed Central: Pericardial Disease
- Journal of The American Medical Association: Pericarditis
- European Heart Journal: Three-dimensional visualization of severe pericardial calcification in constrictive pericarditis
Clinical Trials on Pericarditis
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Pericarditis Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Pericarditis Trials
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- Contributor: Lindsay Floyd
- Reviewer: Pat Washburn
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Lindsay Floyd
- Reviewer: Pat Washburn
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Perycarditis, Percarditis
- Last update: Oct. 16, 2008
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