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==Differentiating Post MI Pericarditis from other Conditions== | ==Differentiating Post MI Pericarditis from other Conditions== | ||
Post myocardial infarction pericarditis occurs between days 2 and 4 after the myocardial infarction. In contrast, [[Dressler's syndrome]] typically occurs 2 to 10 weeks after a myocardial infarction has occurred<ref>{{cite journal | author = Krainin F, Flessas A, Spodick D | title = Infarction-associated pericarditis. Rarity of diagnostic electrocardiogram. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 311 | issue = 19 | pages = 1211-4 | year = 1984 | id = PMID 6493274}}</ref>. Post MI pericarditis also needs to be differentiated from [[pulmonary embolism]], another identifiable cause of [[pleuritic]] (and non-pleuritic) [[chest pain]] in people who have been hospitalized and/or undergone surgical procedures within the preceding weeks. | |||
Dressler's syndrome typically occurs 2 to 10 weeks after a myocardial infarction has occurred. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:10, 8 May 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Differentiating Post MI Pericarditis from other Conditions
Post myocardial infarction pericarditis occurs between days 2 and 4 after the myocardial infarction. In contrast, Dressler's syndrome typically occurs 2 to 10 weeks after a myocardial infarction has occurred[1]. Post MI pericarditis also needs to be differentiated from pulmonary embolism, another identifiable cause of pleuritic (and non-pleuritic) chest pain in people who have been hospitalized and/or undergone surgical procedures within the preceding weeks.
References
- ↑ Krainin F, Flessas A, Spodick D (1984). "Infarction-associated pericarditis. Rarity of diagnostic electrocardiogram". N Engl J Med. 311 (19): 1211–4. PMID 6493274.