Pericardial Disease
Topics: acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, arrhythmias, valve disease, hypertension, pericardial disease, infective endocarditis and rheumatic fever.
Pericardial Disease
- Causes: Most commonly Coxsackievirus B ( 1), but also uremia , post-MI , and autoimmune conditions.
- Presents with pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by leaning forward.
- Physical exam reveals a friction rub ; ECG shows diffuse saddle-shaped ST elevation .
- Characterized by Beck's triad : hypotension + muffled heart sounds + JVD .
- Also presents with pulsus paradoxus ( 10 mmHg drop in systolic BP with inspiration).
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