The cause of acute and recurrent pericarditis is often a major concern for the clinicians in
clinical practice. Several possible causes of pericarditis can be listed, as the pericardium …

Background—Colchicine is effective and safe for the treatment and prevention of recurrent
pericarditis and might ultimately serve as the initial mode of treatment, especially in …

After a systematic review of all publications on recurrent pericarditis from 1966 to 2006, we
identified 8 major clinical series including a total of 230 patients with idiopathic recurrent …

Background Colchicine seems to be a good drug for treating recurrences of pericarditis after
conventional treatment failure, but no clinical trial has tested the effects of colchicine as first …

Background—The clinical search for indicators of poor prognosis of acute pericarditis may
be useful for clinical triage of patients at high risk of specific causal conditions or …

BACKGROUND: Embolic events to the central nervous system are a major cause of
morbidity and mortality in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). The appropriate role of …

Context Infection of implantable cardiac devices is an emerging disease with significant
morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Objectives To describe the clinical characteristics …

Objectives: We sought to investigate the safety and efficacy of a protocol for acute
pericarditis triage and outpatient management of low-risk cases. Background: Acute …

Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the prognostic value of cardiac troponin I
(cTnI) in viral or idiopathic pericarditis. Background: Idiopathic acute pericarditis has been …

Objective: To investigate the relative incidence, clinical presentation and prognosis of
myopericarditis among patients with idiopathic or viral acute pericarditis. Design …