Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis After Pericardiectomy in a Young Woman

Pericardiectomy is the recommended treatment for patients with recurrent pericarditis and refractory symptoms despite optimal anti-inflammatory therapy. We present a case of a 40-year-old woman who underwent total pericardiectomy after multiple episodes of pericarditis that was refractory to optimal...

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Autores principales: Lak, Hassan Mehmood, Anthony, Chris M., Furqan, Muhammad M., Verma, Beni Rai, Gad, Mohamed, Chawla, Sanchit, Yasmin, Farah, Kwon, Deborah H., Johnston, Douglas R., Klein, Allan L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Heart Failure
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.10.006
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author Lak, Hassan Mehmood
Anthony, Chris M.
Furqan, Muhammad M.
Verma, Beni Rai
Gad, Mohamed
Chawla, Sanchit
Yasmin, Farah
Kwon, Deborah H.
Johnston, Douglas R.
Klein, Allan L.
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Anthony, Chris M.
Furqan, Muhammad M.
Verma, Beni Rai
Gad, Mohamed
Chawla, Sanchit
Yasmin, Farah
Kwon, Deborah H.
Johnston, Douglas R.
Klein, Allan L.
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description Pericardiectomy is the recommended treatment for patients with recurrent pericarditis and refractory symptoms despite optimal anti-inflammatory therapy. We present a case of a 40-year-old woman who underwent total pericardiectomy after multiple episodes of pericarditis that was refractory to optimal guideline-derived medical therapy, including anti-inflammatory and biologic agents, who continued to have relapsing symptoms even after pericardiectomy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-86427332021-12-15 Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis After Pericardiectomy in a Young Woman Lak, Hassan Mehmood Anthony, Chris M. Furqan, Muhammad M. Verma, Beni Rai Gad, Mohamed Chawla, Sanchit Yasmin, Farah Kwon, Deborah H. Johnston, Douglas R. Klein, Allan L. JACC Case Rep Heart Failure Pericardiectomy is the recommended treatment for patients with recurrent pericarditis and refractory symptoms despite optimal anti-inflammatory therapy. We present a case of a 40-year-old woman who underwent total pericardiectomy after multiple episodes of pericarditis that was refractory to optimal guideline-derived medical therapy, including anti-inflammatory and biologic agents, who continued to have relapsing symptoms even after pericardiectomy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2021-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8642733/ /pubmed/34917971 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.10.006 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Heart Failure
Lak, Hassan Mehmood
Anthony, Chris M.
Furqan, Muhammad M.
Verma, Beni Rai
Gad, Mohamed
Chawla, Sanchit
Yasmin, Farah
Kwon, Deborah H.
Johnston, Douglas R.
Klein, Allan L.
Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis After Pericardiectomy in a Young Woman
title Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis After Pericardiectomy in a Young Woman
title_full Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis After Pericardiectomy in a Young Woman
title_fullStr Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis After Pericardiectomy in a Young Woman
title_full_unstemmed Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis After Pericardiectomy in a Young Woman
title_short Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis After Pericardiectomy in a Young Woman
title_sort refractory recurrent pericarditis after pericardiectomy in a young woman
topic Heart Failure
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.10.006
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