Tag: Pericarditis

  • Acute Pericarditis

    Acute Pericarditis

    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…

  • Pericarditis ECG

    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:…