Evaluation and Management of Pericarditis - Page 4 - Medscape
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 ...
Evaluation and Management of Pericarditis - Page 3 - Medscape
Large pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade (HR: 2.51), as well as aspirin or NSAID failure ... is the more common diagnosis in countries with a low prevalence of tuberculosis, while ...
Treatment of malignant pericardial effusion. - Medscape
Oct 14, 2024 · OBJECTIVE: To discuss the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pericardial effusion and focus on quantitating the success and complication rates of the many treatment modalities and updating ...
Evaluation and Management of Pericarditis - Page 8 - Medscape
Idiopathic pericarditis (often presumed to be viral) is the more common diagnosis in countries with a low prevalence of tuberculosis, while tuberculosis is the main cause of pericardial diseases ...
Evaluation and Management of Pericarditis - Medscape
Pericarditis is the most common disease affecting the pericardium, but prevention, diagnosis, and treatment may vary greatly. Find out why. ... large pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade and ...
Diagnosing Cardiac Amyloidosis: 5 Things to Know - Medscape
Nov 20, 2023 · A diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis cannot be made solely on the basis of the heart-to-contralateral chest ratio. In the absence of a clonal disorder, grade 2 or 3 myocardial uptake of 99m TC-PYP ...
Hypothyroidism presenting as acute cardiac tamponade with viral ...
Oct 21, 2024 · This report describes the case of a young woman who presented to an emergency department with severe abdominal pain and shock. The patient was found to have pericardial tamponade due to a massive ...
Subacute cardiac tamponade with very large pericardial effusion in …
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Emergency Physicians' Guide to Managing Pericardial Diseases
Jun 14, 2010 · Pericardial Effusion Although idiopathic causes account for many cases of acute pericarditis, up to 90% of cases of moderate to large effusions are associated with a specific cause, including ...
The risk of pericardiocentesis. - Medscape
Nov 5, 2024 · The risk and potential risk factors of pericardiocentesis were assessed by a review of a series of 52 pericardiocenteses comprising all those performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory of ...