"Pericarditis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inflammation of the PERICARDIUM from various origins, such as infection, neoplasm, autoimmune process, injuries, or drug-induced. Pericarditis usually leads to PERICARDIAL EFFUSION, or CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D010493
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.720
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericarditis" by people in Profiles.
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Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Letter by Chhabra and Spodick Regarding Article, "Clinical Profile and Influences on Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Pericarditis". Circulation. 2015 Aug 18; 132(7):e126.
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Gupta P, Chhabra L, Hiendlmayr B, Spodick DH. Thyrotoxic pericarditis: An underappreciated phenomenon. Int J Cardiol. 2015 Nov 01; 198:32-3.
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Chhabra L, Bhattad VB, Sareen P, Khalid N, Spodick DH. Atrial fibrillation in acute pericarditis: an overblown association. Heart. 2015 Sep; 101(18):1518.
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Chhabra L, Chaubey VK, Spodick DH. Recurrent Myocardial Infarction or Epistenocardiac Pericarditis: How Can the Surface ECG Be Useful in Clinical Decision Making? Hellenic J Cardiol. 2015 May-Jun; 56(3):269-70.
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Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Pyopericarditis in diabetes mellitus: some worthy considerations. Diabet Med. 2015 Apr; 32(4):569.
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Khalid N, Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Letter to the Editor: Persistent Stage-1 changes imply sustained perimyocardial irritation. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2015 Mar; 43(2):213.
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Chhabra L, Khalid N, Spodick DH. Persistent J-ST Changes: Suspect Ongoing Pericardial Irritation! Can J Cardiol. 2015 Aug; 31(8):1074.e3.
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Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Colchicine for pericarditis. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2014 Dec 01; 71(23):2012-3.
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Imazio M, Brucato A, Spodick DH, Adler Y. Prognosis of myopericarditis as determined from previously published reports. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2014 Dec; 15(12):835-9.
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Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Letter by Chhabra and Spodick regarding article, "Influence of steroid therapy on the incidence of pericarditis and atrial fibrillation after percutaneous epicardial mapping and ablation for ventricular tachycardia" by Dyrda et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Oct; 7(5):991.