Complex Management Decisions in a Professional Athlete With Recurrent Pericarditis

A 32-year-old professional athlete developed chronic recurrent pericarditis despite standard medical therapy. Etiology included postpericardiotomy syndrome, viral, or COVID-19 vaccine related, all potentially exacerbated by intense exercise. Treatment and return-to-play decisions were complicated by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Klein, Benjamin M., Dugan, Eunice S., LaCombe, Andrew D., Ruthmann, Nicholas P., Roselli, Eric E., Klein, Allan L., Emery, Michael S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Focus Issue on Sports Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9481902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36124145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.05.015
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Sumario:A 32-year-old professional athlete developed chronic recurrent pericarditis despite standard medical therapy. Etiology included postpericardiotomy syndrome, viral, or COVID-19 vaccine related, all potentially exacerbated by intense exercise. Treatment and return-to-play decisions were complicated by potential side-effect profile of therapies and ability to limit exercise as a professional athlete. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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