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Pericardial Diseases (Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of)

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

Topics:

Pericardial Disease

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2004Full Text329 KB
2004Executive SummaryEHJ 2004;25:587-610535 KB
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Authors

B. Maisch FESC (Chairperson), P. Seferovic FESC, A. D. Ristic FESC, R. Erbel FESC, R. Rienmüller, Y. Adler, W. Z. Tomkowski, G. Thiene FESC, M. H. Yacoub FESC

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Table of contents: Full Text (ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines)

Aetiology and classification of pericardial disease

Pericardial syndromes

  • Congenital defects of the pericardium
  • Acute pericarditis
  • Chronic pericarditis
  • Recurrent pericarditis
  • Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade
  • Constrictive pericarditis
  • Pericardial cysts

Specific forms of pericarditis

  • Viral pericarditis
  • Bacterial pericarditis
  • Tuberculous pericarditis
  • Pericarditis in renal failure
  • Autoreactive pericarditis and pericardial involvement in systemic autoimmune diseases
  • The post-cardiac injury syndrome:postpericardiotomy syndrome
  • Postinfarction pericarditis
  • Traumatic pericardial effusion and haemopericardium in aortic dissection
  • Neoplastic pericarditis
  • Rare forms of pericardial disease
  • Fungal pericarditis
  • Radiation pericarditis
  • Chylopericardium
  • Drug- and toxin-related pericarditis
  • Pericardial effusion in thyroid disorders
  • Pericardial effusion in pregnancy

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