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Pericarditis

Known as: Pericarditis NOS, Pericarditis [Disease/Finding], an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart 
Inflammation of the PERICARDIUM from various origins, such as infection, neoplasm, autoimmune process, injuries, or drug-induced. Pericarditis… 
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Acute Rheumatic PericarditisAcute idiopathic pericarditisFibrosis of pericardiumPericardial Effusion, Chronic
Cardiovascular systemChestDicumarolFamilial Mediterranean Fever

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Disorder of pericardiumHeart DiseasesInflammation

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1998
1998
Daily-dialysis programme: indications and results.
(i) Routine biochemistry: Plasma BUN, creatinine, electroThis paper deals with the results of clinical and laboratlytes… 
1980
1980
Pericarditis in the patient with uremia: clinical and echocardiographic evaluation.
Over a 4-year period, 94 of 248 patients with end-stage renal disease were evaluated echocardiographically because of clinically… 
1973
1973
Prognosis of pericarditis after acute myocardial infarction.
Out of 195 patients with acute myocardial infarction, 22 (II 3%) developed a pericardialfriction rub. The diagnosis of the… 
1973
1973
Purulent pericarditis followed by early constriction in young children.
Two young children with acute purulent pericarditis are described, and the management of this condition is discussed… 
Review
1961
Review
1961
Acute benign pericarditis. Virologic study of 34 patients.
Introduction Exposure to cold was postulated as the cause of acute benign pericarditis by Hodges,*who described the syndrome in… 
1959
1959
Adult pericarditis and myocarditis due to Coxsackie virus group B, type 5.
SINCE the recognition of the Coxsackie viruses in 19481 a number of diverse human illnesses have been associated with these… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Acute Benign Pericarditis
EVIDENCE incriminating Coxsackie viruses as the causal agents of a variety of human diseases is gradually increasing. Thus… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Endocardial fibrosis simulating constrictive pericarditis; report of a case with determinations of pressure in the right side of the heart and eosinophilia.
THE first physician to describe the association of endocardial fibrosis and eosinophilia as a clinical entity was Loffler1 in… 
1951
1951
Treatment of active tuberculous pericarditis by pericardiectomy.
Tuberculous pericarditis, chronic and insidiously progressive, frequently characterized in its early stages by an inflammatory… 
Highly Cited
1938
Highly Cited
1938
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PATTERNS IN ACUTE PERICARDITIS: EVOLUTION, CAUSES AND DIAGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PATTERNS IN LIMB AND CHEST LEADS; A STUDY OF FIFTY-SEVEN CASES
From time to time various changes have been shown to develop in the electrocardiograms of patients with acute pericarditis.1Often… 
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