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Acute pericarditis

MedGen UID:
510043
•Concept ID:
C0155679
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Acute Pericarditis
SNOMED CT: Acute pericarditis (15555002)

Definition

Acute inflammation of the pericardium. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcute pericarditis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of acute pericarditis.
Avula S, Madsen N
Curr Opin Cardiol 2023 Jul 1;38(4):364-368. Epub 2023 Apr 10 doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001056. PMID: 37115909
Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Chiabrando JG, Bonaventura A, Vecchié A, Wohlford GF, Mauro AG, Jordan JH, Grizzard JD, Montecucco F, Berrocal DH, Brucato A, Imazio M, Abbate A
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Jan 7;75(1):76-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.021. PMID: 31918837
Bacterial pericarditis: diagnosis and management.
Pankuweit S, Ristić AD, Seferović PM, Maisch B
Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2005;5(2):103-12. doi: 10.2165/00129784-200505020-00004. PMID: 15725041

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Acute Pericarditis: Update.
Lazarou E, Tsioufis P, Vlachopoulos C, Tsioufis C, Lazaros G
Curr Cardiol Rep 2022 Aug;24(8):905-913. Epub 2022 May 20 doi: 10.1007/s11886-022-01710-8. PMID: 35595949Free PMC Article
Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Chiabrando JG, Bonaventura A, Vecchié A, Wohlford GF, Mauro AG, Jordan JH, Grizzard JD, Montecucco F, Berrocal DH, Brucato A, Imazio M, Abbate A
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Jan 7;75(1):76-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.021. PMID: 31918837
Acute pericarditis.
Kytö V, Matti Niemelä M
Duodecim 2017;133(4):391-6. PMID: 29205986
A randomized trial of colchicine for acute pericarditis.
Imazio M, Brucato A, Cemin R, Ferrua S, Maggiolini S, Beqaraj F, Demarie D, Forno D, Ferro S, Maestroni S, Belli R, Trinchero R, Spodick DH, Adler Y; ICAP Investigators
N Engl J Med 2013 Oct 17;369(16):1522-8. Epub 2013 Aug 31 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1208536. PMID: 23992557

Diagnosis

Cardiac tamponade.
Adler Y, Ristić AD, Imazio M, Brucato A, Pankuweit S, Burazor I, Seferović PM, Oh JK
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2023 Jul 20;9(1):36. doi: 10.1038/s41572-023-00446-1. PMID: 37474539
Management of acute pericarditis.
Avula S, Madsen N
Curr Opin Cardiol 2023 Jul 1;38(4):364-368. Epub 2023 Apr 10 doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001056. PMID: 37115909
Acute Pericarditis: Update.
Lazarou E, Tsioufis P, Vlachopoulos C, Tsioufis C, Lazaros G
Curr Cardiol Rep 2022 Aug;24(8):905-913. Epub 2022 May 20 doi: 10.1007/s11886-022-01710-8. PMID: 35595949Free PMC Article
Acute Pericarditis.
Doctor NS, Shah AB, Coplan N, Kronzon I
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2017 Jan-Feb;59(4):349-359. Epub 2016 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.12.001. PMID: 27956197
Bacterial pericarditis: diagnosis and management.
Pankuweit S, Ristić AD, Seferović PM, Maisch B
Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2005;5(2):103-12. doi: 10.2165/00129784-200505020-00004. PMID: 15725041

Therapy

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Cardiac tamponade.
Adler Y, Ristić AD, Imazio M, Brucato A, Pankuweit S, Burazor I, Seferović PM, Oh JK
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2023 Jul 20;9(1):36. doi: 10.1038/s41572-023-00446-1. PMID: 37474539
Management of acute pericarditis.
Avula S, Madsen N
Curr Opin Cardiol 2023 Jul 1;38(4):364-368. Epub 2023 Apr 10 doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001056. PMID: 37115909
Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Chiabrando JG, Bonaventura A, Vecchié A, Wohlford GF, Mauro AG, Jordan JH, Grizzard JD, Montecucco F, Berrocal DH, Brucato A, Imazio M, Abbate A
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Jan 7;75(1):76-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.021. PMID: 31918837
Bacterial pericarditis: diagnosis and management.
Pankuweit S, Ristić AD, Seferović PM, Maisch B
Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2005;5(2):103-12. doi: 10.2165/00129784-200505020-00004. PMID: 15725041

Prognosis

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Acute Chest Pain in Adults: Outpatient Evaluation.
McConaghy JR, Sharma M, Patel H
Am Fam Physician 2020 Dec 15;102(12):721-727. PMID: 33320506
Acute pericarditis.
Kytö V, Matti Niemelä M
Duodecim 2017;133(4):391-6. PMID: 29205986
Acute Pericarditis.
Doctor NS, Shah AB, Coplan N, Kronzon I
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2017 Jan-Feb;59(4):349-359. Epub 2016 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.12.001. PMID: 27956197
Colchicine in addition to conventional therapy for acute pericarditis: results of the COlchicine for acute PEricarditis (COPE) trial.
Imazio M, Bobbio M, Cecchi E, Demarie D, Demichelis B, Pomari F, Moratti M, Gaschino G, Giammaria M, Ghisio A, Belli R, Trinchero R
Circulation 2005 Sep 27;112(13):2012-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.542738. PMID: 16186437

Clinical prediction guides

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Acute Pericarditis: Update.
Lazarou E, Tsioufis P, Vlachopoulos C, Tsioufis C, Lazaros G
Curr Cardiol Rep 2022 Aug;24(8):905-913. Epub 2022 May 20 doi: 10.1007/s11886-022-01710-8. PMID: 35595949Free PMC Article
Acute Chest Pain in Adults: Outpatient Evaluation.
McConaghy JR, Sharma M, Patel H
Am Fam Physician 2020 Dec 15;102(12):721-727. PMID: 33320506
A randomized trial of colchicine for acute pericarditis.
Imazio M, Brucato A, Cemin R, Ferrua S, Maggiolini S, Beqaraj F, Demarie D, Forno D, Ferro S, Maestroni S, Belli R, Trinchero R, Spodick DH, Adler Y; ICAP Investigators
N Engl J Med 2013 Oct 17;369(16):1522-8. Epub 2013 Aug 31 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1208536. PMID: 23992557
Colchicine in addition to conventional therapy for acute pericarditis: results of the COlchicine for acute PEricarditis (COPE) trial.
Imazio M, Bobbio M, Cecchi E, Demarie D, Demichelis B, Pomari F, Moratti M, Gaschino G, Giammaria M, Ghisio A, Belli R, Trinchero R
Circulation 2005 Sep 27;112(13):2012-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.542738. PMID: 16186437

Recent systematic reviews

Pharmacologic treatment of acute and recurrent pericarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.
Avondo S, Andreis A, Casula M, Biondi-Zoccai G, Imazio M
Panminerva Med 2021 Sep;63(3):314-323. doi: 10.23736/S0031-0808.21.04263-4. PMID: 34738773
Pericarditis in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.
Diaz-Arocutipa C, Saucedo-Chinchay J, Imazio M
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2021 Sep 1;22(9):693-700. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001202. PMID: 33927144
Colchicine for pericarditis.
Alabed S, Cabello JB, Irving GJ, Qintar M, Burls A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014 Aug 28;2014(8):CD010652. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010652.pub2. PMID: 25164988Free PMC Article
International collaborative systematic review of controlled clinical trials on pharmacologic treatments for acute pericarditis and its recurrences.
Lotrionte M, Biondi-Zoccai G, Imazio M, Castagno D, Moretti C, Abbate A, Agostoni P, Brucato AL, Di Pasquale P, Raatikka M, Sangiorgi G, Laudito A, Sheiban I, Gaita F
Am Heart J 2010 Oct;160(4):662-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.015. PMID: 20934560
Pathogenesis, management, and prevention of recurrent pericarditis.
Imazio M, Trinchero R, Shabetai R
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2007 Jun;8(6):404-10. doi: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000269708.72487.34. PMID: 17502755

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