Acute pericarditis is a condition in which inflammation occurs in the pericardium, the fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart. “Acute” means the condition develops quickly or suddenly. The ...

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 . Acute and recurrent pericarditis require medical management to improve morbidity and quality of life. Aspirin, ...

A 32-year-old man with previously undiagnosed Poland syndrome presented with acute, severe, tearing chest pain radiating to the back, which worsened when lying down and improved when sitting. The ...

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 ...

COVID-19 can trigger pericarditis, a type of heart inflammation, but this is quite rare. Symptoms include chest pain that comes on quickly or worsens when you breathe deeply or lie down. Pericarditis ...

Results of a phase 3 trial show that treatment with rilonacept (Arcalyst), a drug already approved to treat inflammatory disease, both resolved acute episodes of recurrent pericarditis and prevented ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Advances in imaging techniques and new treatments are changing the management of recurrent pericarditis, ...

Myocarditis and pericarditis are types of heart inflammation. Myocarditis affects the middle layer of heart muscle, and pericarditis only affects the heart’s outer lining. Myocarditis and pericarditis ...

Country music singer and songwriter Carly Pearce has shared details about an ongoing health condition. The 34-year-old said she will continue performing, although those performances might look a bit ...

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 ...