Diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis
@article{Imazio2015DiagnosisAT, title={Diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis}, author={Massimo Imazio and Fiorenzo Gaita}, journal={Heart}, year={2015}, volume={101}, pages={1159 - 1168} }
### Learning objectives
1. Review the definitions, classification and aetiology of pericarditis.
2. Describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria and work-up, laboratory and imaging findings of pericarditis.
3. Review and describe the contemporary medical, interventional and surgical therapies, the prevention and prognosis of pericarditis.
### Classification and definition
Pericarditis is an inflammatory disease of the pericardium, which may have infectious or non-infectious…
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