Tag: Pericarditis
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Acute Pericarditis
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Warning: • Any pericarditis may be complicated by tamponade. • Viral acute pericarditis may recur in the short term. • Link to aspirin or anti-inflammatory oral gastric protector. Clinic: – Prolonged chest pain, continuous, non triggered by stress, increased by deep inspiration or supine, relieved by sitting insensitive nitroglycerin. – Moderate dyspnea. – Background influenza…
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Pericarditis ECG
Developments in 4 stages: Stage I: Subepicardial injury: ST segment elevation in upper concavity, early, fleeting, not including the T wave, positive. Stage II (2nd week): ST return to the isoelectric line with flattened T waves Stage III: Negativity of the T wave, which can persist for several weeks (most constant sign and most durable:…
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