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DR Medhat MRCP

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Pericarditis<br />

Pericarditis is one of the differentials of any patient presenting with chest pain.<br />

Features<br />

Chest pain: may be pleuritic. Is often relieved by sitting forwards<br />

Other symptoms include non-productive cough, dyspnoea and flu-like symptoms<br />

Pericardial rub<br />

Tachypnoea<br />

Tachycardia<br />

Causes<br />

Viral infections (Coxsackie)<br />

) fibrin Uraemia (causes 'fibrinous' pericarditis due to exudation of<br />

سؤال <br />

Sarciodosis<br />

Tuberculosis→ pericardial calcification & Hemorrhagic pericarditis<br />

أسئلة ureamia<br />

Trauma<br />

Post-myocardial infarction, Dressler's syndrome<br />

Connective tissue disease<br />

Hypothyroidism<br />

ECG changes<br />

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Widespread 'saddle-shaped' ST elevation<br />

سؤال PR depression<br />

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