A patient with Poland syndrome presents with acute pericarditis, underscoring diagnostic hurdles in chest pain due to ...

During the past four years 13 patients with acute pericarditis have been studied at this hospital. Case reports concerning 7 of these patients illustrating the main features of this disorder were ...

DESCRIPTIONS of the syndrome of acute nonspecific or idiopathic pericarditis appearing since the report by Barnes and Burchell 1 have added little to knowledge of the subject. They have, however, ...

Murmurs are characterized by their grade, pitch, timing in the cardiac cycle, change in intensity, quality, location heard best, and radiation. Systolic murmurs. Almost all systolic murmurs begin in ...

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 ...

A 28-year-old man who is new to your list, and whose records have not yet arrived, presents in your emergency surgery with a two-day history of substernal chest pain. He describes this as sharp and ...

A 35-year-old man presents with sudden onset sharp chest pain following a flu-like illness. The pain does not radiate and is not associated with breathlessness. It is relieved slightly by sitting up ...

A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a five-hour history of retrosternal chest pain radiating to his left arm. He reports that the pain is worse on inspiration and eases when he ...

Pericarditis is inflammation of the lining around the heart that can cause pain and is often caused by a viral infection. It can be treated with anti-inflammatory medication and rest, but more severe ...