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Pericarditis - After Heart Attack
Alternate Names : Dressler's Syndrome, Post-Cardiac Injury Syndrome, Postcardiotomy Pericarditis, Post-MI Pericarditis
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Diagnosis & Tests
Using a stethoscope, the doctor will listen for a pericardial rubbing sound (not be confused with a murmur), and heart sounds may be weak or distant. Collections of fluid in the pericardial sac or in the space around the lungs (pleural effusion) are not common after heart attack. They do occur with chronic post-MI pericarditis (Dressler's syndrome).
Tests may include:
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• Definition
• Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Symptoms & Signs
• Diagnosis & Tests
• Treatment
• Prognosis
• Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Cardiac Tamponade
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Pericarditis
• Pleural Effusion
• Pulmonary Edema
Tests & Exams
• CBC
• Chest MRI
• Chest X-Ray
• ECG
• Echocardiogram
• ESR
• Pericardiocentesis
• Thoracic CT
• WBC Count
Surgery & Procedures
• Open Heart Surgery
Other Topics
• Breathing Difficulty
• Chest Pain
• Chronic
• Cough
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Heart Murmurs and Other Sounds
• Immune Response
• Malaise
• Pain Medications
• Stress and Anxiety
Review Date : 11/11/2002
Reviewed By : Thippeswamy H. Murthy, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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