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Pericarditis is an inflammation (-itis) of the pericardium (the fibrous sac surrounding the heart).

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Dermatologic Surgery Site Specifics Point to Antibiotic Choices - Internal Medicine News Digital Network Tweet this news
Internal Medicine News Digital Network---...- cardiac patients with valvular disease; those with a history of infective -pericarditis-; anyone with unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease or a ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:08:53 GMT+00:00
Revisión cuestiona uso de esteroides en pericarditis aguda - Publico.es Tweet this news
Publico.es--La colchicina tiene el mejor perfil riesgo-beneficio para tratar la -pericarditis-, según una nueva revisión que halló además que los riesgos de los ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:08:45 GMT+00:00
Questions Remain About Abatacept Lupus Trial - Medscape Tweet this news
Medscape---...- pleuritis, and/or -pericarditis-. Treatments were given by intravenous infusion on days 1, 15, and 29 and every 4 weeks throughout the 12-month period. ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:36:50 GMT+00:00
Vanoxerine, a New Drug for Terminating Atrial Fibrillation - SelectScience.net (press release) Tweet this news
SelectScience.net (press release)---...- atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL) in dogs with sterile -pericarditis- (SP) and has the potential to become a valuable antiarrhythmic agent.--- - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:02:22 GMT+00:00
Impact of pericardial adhesions on diastolic function as assessed by vortex ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Tweet this news
7thSpace Interactive (press release)--Pericardial adhesions are a pathophysiological marker of constrictive -pericarditis- (CP), which impairs cardiac filling by limiting the total cardiac volume ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:01:00 GMT+00:00
Handling hardware diseases - St. Augustine Record Tweet this news
St. Augustine Record--Cows with traumatic -pericarditis- (inflammation around the heart) usually have distended jugular veins, rapid heart beats and shortness of breath. ... - Date : Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:47:37 GMT+00:00
Histoplasmosis: Causes and symptoms - Helium Tweet this news
Helium--Some individuals also develop arthritis, -pericarditis-, and a condition known as spelunker's lung. The signs of chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis include ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:15:08 GMT+00:00
The blessings of graduate unemployment - BusinessDay Tweet this news
BusinessDay---...- and accelerate the demise of a decrepit economy already suffering from complications associated with political and electoral -pericarditis-. ... - Date : Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:08:22 GMT+00:00
Investigadores del Hospital La Fe demuestran la alta efectividad de ... - Medicina21.com Tweet this news
Medicina21.com---...- artritis crónica acompañada de fiebre intermitente, erupciones cutáneas, anemia, hepatomegalia y/o esplenomegalia, así como -pericarditis- y/o pleuritis. ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:59:46 GMT+00:00
Libro impresionante, sobre los estragos del cáncer Fernando F. Velasco Villa, SDG - Ecos de la Costa Tweet this news
Ecos de la Costa--A principios de año (2004), noté que me faltaba el aire…el diagnóstico fue -pericarditis-, la inflamación de los tejidos que forman la parte externa del ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:19:37 GMT+00:00

Cardiovascular disease: heart disease * Circulatory system pathology (I00-I52, 390-429)

Ischaemic
CD/CHDCAD * Coronary thrombosis * Coronary vasospasm * Coronary artery aneurysm * Coronary artery dissection * Myocardial Bridge
Active ischemiaAngina pectoris (Prinzmetal's angina, Stable angina) * Acute coronary (Unstable angina, Myocardial infarction / heart attack)
Sequelaehours (Myocardial stunning, Hibernating myocardium) * days (Myocardial rupture) * weeks (Aneurysm of heart/Ventricular aneurysm, Dressler's syndrome)
Layers

Cardiovascular disease: heart disease * Circulatory system pathology (I00-I52, 390-429)

Ischaemic
CD/CHDCAD * Coronary thrombosis * Coronary vasospasm * Coronary artery aneurysm * Coronary artery dissection * Myocardial Bridge
Active ischemiaAngina pectoris (Prinzmetal's angina, Stable angina) * Acute coronary (Unstable angina, Myocardial infarction / heart attack)
Sequelaehours (Myocardial stunning, Hibernating myocardium) * days (Myocardial rupture) * weeks (Aneurysm of heart/Ventricular aneurysm, Dressler's syndrome)
Layers
Pericardium
Pericarditis (Acute, Chronic/Constrictive) * Pericardial effusion (Hemopericardium, Cardiac tamponade)
Ischaemic
CD/CHDCAD * Coronary thrombosis * Coronary vasospasm * Coronary artery aneurysm * Coronary artery dissection * Myocardial Bridge
Active ischemiaAngina pectoris (Prinzmetal's angina, Stable angina) * Acute coronary (Unstable angina, Myocardial infarction / heart attack)
Sequelaehours (Myocardial stunning, Hibernating myocardium) * days (Myocardial rupture) * weeks (Aneurysm of heart/Ventricular aneurysm, Dressler's syndrome)
Layers
subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: MistyRose |Pericardium |Pericarditis (Acute, Chronic/Constrictive) * Pericardial effusion (Hemopericardium, Cardiac tamponade) |Myocardium |Myocarditis (Chagas disease) Cardiomyopathy: Dilated (Alcoholic) * Hypertrophic * Restrictive (Loeffler endocarditis, Cardiac amyloidosis, Endocardial fibroelastosis) Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia |Endocardium/
valves |

Cardiovascular disease: heart disease * Circulatory system pathology (I00-I52, 390-429)

Ischaemic
CD/CHDCAD * Coronary thrombosis * Coronary vasospasm * Coronary artery aneurysm * Coronary artery dissection * Myocardial Bridge
Active ischemiaAngina pectoris (Prinzmetal's angina, Stable angina) * Acute coronary (Unstable angina, Myocardial infarction / heart attack)
Sequelaehours (Myocardial stunning, Hibernating myocardium) * days (Myocardial rupture) * weeks (Aneurysm of heart/Ventricular aneurysm, Dressler's syndrome)
Layers
Pericardium
Pericarditis (Acute, Chronic/Constrictive) * Pericardial effusion (Hemopericardium, Cardiac tamponade)
Ischaemic
CD/CHDCAD * Coronary thrombosis * Coronary vasospasm * Coronary artery aneurysm * Coronary artery dissection * Myocardial Bridge
Active ischemiaAngina pectoris (Prinzmetal's angina, Stable angina) * Acute coronary (Unstable angina, Myocardial infarction / heart attack)
Sequelaehours (Myocardial stunning, Hibernating myocardium) * days (Myocardial rupture) * weeks (Aneurysm of heart/Ventricular aneurysm, Dressler's syndrome)
Layers
subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: MistyRose |Pericardium |Pericarditis (Acute, Chronic/Constrictive) * Pericardial effusion (Hemopericardium, Cardiac tamponade) |Myocardium |Myocarditis (Chagas disease) Cardiomyopathy: Dilated (Alcoholic) * Hypertrophic * Restrictive (Loeffler endocarditis, Cardiac amyloidosis, Endocardial fibroelastosis) Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia |Endocardium/
valves |
Pericardium
Pericarditis (Acute, Chronic/Constrictive) * Pericardial effusion (Hemopericardium, Cardiac tamponade)
Ischaemic
CD/CHDCAD * Coronary thrombosis * Coronary vasospasm * Coronary artery aneurysm * Coronary artery dissection * Myocardial Bridge
Active ischemiaAngina pectoris (Prinzmetal's angina, Stable angina) * Acute coronary (Unstable angina, Myocardial infarction / heart attack)
Sequelaehours (Myocardial stunning, Hibernating myocardium) * days (Myocardial rupture) * weeks (Aneurysm of heart/Ventricular aneurysm, Dressler's syndrome)
Layers
subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: MistyRose |Pericardium |Pericarditis (Acute, Chronic/Constrictive) * Pericardial effusion (Hemopericardium, Cardiac tamponade) |Myocardium |Myocarditis (Chagas disease) Cardiomyopathy: Dilated (Alcoholic) * Hypertrophic * Restrictive (Loeffler endocarditis, Cardiac amyloidosis, Endocardial fibroelastosis) Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia |Endocardium/
valves |
Pre-excitation syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White * Lown-Ganong-Levine
Flutter/fibrillation
Atrial flutter * Ventricular flutter * Atrial fibrillation (Familial) * Ventricular fibrillation
Pacemaker
Wandering pacemaker * Ectopic pacemaker/Ectopic beat * Parasystole * Multifocal atrial tachycardia * Pacemaker syndrome
Long QT syndrome
Romano-Ward syndrome * Andersen-Tawil syndrome * Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome
Cardiac arrest
Sudden cardiac death * Asystole * Pulseless electrical activity * Sinoatrial arrest
Other/ungrouped
hexaxial reference system (Right axis deviation, Left axis deviation) * QT (Short QT syndrome) * T (T wave alternans) * ST (Osborn wave, ST elevation, ST depression)

Inflammation

Acute
Plasma derived mediatorsBradykinin * complement (C3, C5a, MAC) * coagulation (Factor XII, Plasmin, Thrombin)
Cell derived mediatorspreformed: Lysosome granules * vasoactive amines (Histamine, Serotonin)
synthesized on demand: cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-8, TNF-α, IL-1) * eicosanoids (Leukotriene B4, Prostaglandins) * Nitric oxide * Kinins
Chronic
Macrophage * Epithelioid cell * Giant cell * Granuloma
Processes
Traditional: Rubor * Calor * Tumor * Dolor (pain) * Functio laesa
Modern: Acute-phase reaction/Fever * Vasodilation * Increased vascular permeability * Exudate * Leukocyte extravasation * Chemotaxis
Specific types
NervousCNS (Encephalitis, Myelitis) * Meningitis (Arachnoiditis) * PNS (Neuritis) * eye (Dacryoadenitis, Scleritis, Keratitis, Choroiditis, Retinitis, Chorioretinitis, Blepharitis, Conjunctivitis, Iritis, Uveitis) * ear (Otitis, Labyrinthitis, Mastoiditis)
CardiovascularCarditis (Endocarditis, Myocarditis, Pericarditis) * Vasculitis (Arteritis, Phlebitis, Capillaritis)
Respiratoryupper (Sinusitis, Rhinitis, Pharyngitis, Laryngitis) * lower (Tracheitis, Bronchitis, Bronchiolitis, Pneumonitis, Pleuritis) * Mediastinitis
Digestivemouth (Stomatitis, Gingivitis, Gingivostomatitis, Glossitis, Tonsillitis, Sialadenitis/Parotitis, Cheilitis, Pulpitis, Gnathitis) * tract (Esophagitis, Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, Enteritis, Colitis, Enterocolitis, Duodenitis, Ileitis, Caecitis, Appendicitis, Proctitis) * accessory (Hepatitis, Cholangitis, Cholecystitis, Pancreatitis) * Peritonitis
IntegumentaryDermatitis (Folliculitis) * Cellulitis * Hidradenitis
MusculoskeletalArthritis * Dermatomyositis * soft tissue (Myositis, Synovitis/Tenosynovitis, Bursitis, Enthesitis, Fasciitis, Capsulitis, Epicondylitis, Tendinitis, Panniculitis)
Osteochondritis: Osteitis (Spondylitis, Periostitis) * Chondritis
UrinaryNephritis (Glomerulonephritis, Pyelonephritis) * Ureteritis * Cystitis * Urethritis
Reproductivefemale: Oophoritis * Salpingitis * Endometritis * Parametritis * Cervicitis * Vaginitis * Vulvitis * Mastitis male: Orchitis * Epididymitis * Prostatitis * Balanitis * Balanoposthitis pregnancy/newborn: Chorioamnionitis * Omphalitis
EndocrineInsulitis * Hypophysitis * Thyroiditis * Parathyroiditis * Adrenalitis
LymphaticLymphangitis * Lymphadenitis



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