In addition, several drugs have been reported occasionally to produce pericarditis 4–12 when administered to man. The mechanism by which they induce the lesion appears to be one of hypersensitivity ...

Pericarditis is swelling of the pericardium, the sack-like membrane that contains the heart. Pericarditis can cause sharp pain in the chest. In most cases, pericarditis will pass without treatment. In ...

Pericarditis is inflammation of the lining around the heart that can cause pain and is often caused by a viral infection. It can be treated with anti-inflammatory medication and rest, but more severe ...

From Boston University School of Medicine and the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals. Read at the meeting of the New England Heart Association December 7, 1932. Branch — Professor of Pathology, Boston ...

Myocarditis and pericarditis are types of heart inflammation. Myocarditis affects the middle layer of heart muscle, and pericarditis only affects the heart’s outer lining. Myocarditis and pericarditis ...

COVID-19 can trigger pericarditis, a type of heart inflammation, but this is quite rare. Symptoms include chest pain that comes on quickly or worsens when you breathe deeply or lie down. Pericarditis ...

Credit: Getty Images A discussion on the new American Heart Association’s pericarditis initiative with Jimmy Kerrigan, MD. For the estimated 40,000 adults with recurrent pericarditis in the United ...