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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.7935
Pericarditis after myocardial infarction and cardiac surgery
Eşref Tunçer, Uğur Önsel Türk, Emin Alioğlu
Batı Anadolu Central Hospital, Kardiyoloji Kliniği, İzmir, Türkiye
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.7935
Pericarditis is one of the most common causes of chest
pain after acute myocardial infarction (MI). Pericarditis
following an acute MI can be classified in two groups
according to the underlying physiopathological process
and clinic onset and time. Post-myocardial infarction
syndrome and pericarditis following cardiac surgery
share a common physiopathological process and exhibit
with similar clinical features. Corticosteroids and nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs are cornerstones of the
treatment.
Keywords : Cardiac surgery; pericardial effusion; pericarditis
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