Acute pericarditis is sudden inflammation of the heart's lining, often due to infection. Read on to learn about its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment.

The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis is based on simple criteria: typical chest pain, pericardial friction rub (Figure 2), widespread ST-segment elevation (Figure 3) and pericardial ...

In the cited meta-analysis, colchicine was associated with reduced risk of treatment failure (OR: 0.23) and recurrent pericarditis (OR: 0.39), but with a trend toward more adverse effects.

Restrictive cardiomyopathy: Cardiomyopathy involves the heart muscle itself becoming stiff, as opposed to the pericardium. “While both conditions result in impaired ventricular filling in the heart, ...

When this layer becomes inflamed, it is called pericarditis. When pericarditis comes back after you don’t have symptoms for at least 4 weeks, it is called recurrent pericarditis. Symptoms of ...

Researchers explore the risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events following vaccination against the COVID-19.

Heart disease is a type of cardiovascular disease that affects the heart’s structure and function. Several different heart ...

When Baroness Ilora Finlay Of Llandaff was six, her father was diagnosed with a life threatening illness while in his late thirties. It was, she explains, “the same disease that Hugh Gaitskell, the ...

Recurrent pericarditis ended the career of Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. Now, he's part of a campaign ...

There are a range of symptoms that could indicate some form of heart disease. Some people may want to be on the lookout for ...

Cleveland Clinic and research partner USC both touted study on doubling of risk for heart attack, stroke and death for three years after COVID infection, but buried figures show increased risk only ...

Can COVID-19 vaccines affect the heart? In some people, COVID-19 vaccines can lead to heart complications called myocarditis and pericarditis. Myocarditis is the swelling, also called inflammation, of ...