Pericarditis for the ages: differential outcomes and therefore age-specific therapies?
Heart BMJ
AUGUST 26, 2024
Acute pericarditis (AP) is the second most common cardiac cause of chest pain, diagnosed when at least two of the following criteria are met: characteristic pleuritic chest pain, pericardial rub on auscultation, new typical ECG changes (such as widespread ST-elevation or PR-depression) and pericardial effusion on imaging.
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