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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Diseases of the pericardium]]
* [[Myocardial infarction]]
* [[Myocardial infarction]]
* [[Coronary artery bypass graft]]
* [[Coronary artery bypass graft]]

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Overview

Dressler's syndrome is a form of pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart or the pericardium (the outer lining of the heart).

Dressler's syndrome is also known as postmyocardial infarction syndrome[1] and postcardiotomy pericarditis.

Etymology

It was first characterized by William Dressler in 1956.[2][3][4]

It should not be confused with the Dressler's syndrome of haemoglobinuria named for Lucas Dressler, who characterized it in 1854.[5][6]

Presentation

The syndrome consists of a persistent low-grade fever, chest pain (usually pleuritic in nature), a pericardial friction rub, and /or a pericardial effusion. The symptoms tend to occur after a few weeks or even months after infarction and tend to subside in a few days. Signs include elevated ESR.

Causes

It is believed to result from an autoimmune inflammatory reaction to myocardial neo-antigens.

Dressler's syndrome is associated with myocardial infarction (heart attack), and with open heart surgery.

Differential diagnosis

In the setting of myocardial infarction, Dressler's syndrome occurs in about 7% of cases,[7] and typically occurs 2 to 10 weeks after the myocardial infarction occurred. This differentiates Dressler's syndrome from the much more common post myocardial infarction pericarditis that occurs in 17 to 25% of cases of acute myocardial infarction and occurs between days 2 and 4 after the infarction. Dressler's syndrome 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.

Treatment

Dressler's syndrome is typically treated with NSAIDs such as aspirin or with corticosteroids.[8]

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References

  1. Hutchcroft BJ (1972). "Dressler's syndrome". Br Med J. 3 (5817): 49. PMC 1788531. PMID 5039567. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Bendjelid K, Pugin J (2004). "Is Dressler syndrome dead?". Chest. 126 (5): 1680–2. doi:10.1378/chest.126.5.1680. PMID 15539743. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. Streifler J, Pitlik S, Dux S; et al. (1984). "Dressler's syndrome after right ventricular infarction". Postgrad Med J. 60 (702): 298–300. PMC 2417818. PMID 6728756. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. Dressler W (1959). "The post-myocardial-infarction syndrome: a report on forty-four cases". AMA Arch Intern Med. 103 (1): 28–42. PMID 13605300. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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  6. L. A. Dressler. Ein Fall von intermittirender Albuminurie und Chromaturie. Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medicin, 1854, 6: 264-266.
  7. Krainin F, Flessas A, Spodick D (1984). "Infarction-associated pericarditis. Rarity of diagnostic electrocardiogram". N Engl J Med. 311 (19): 1211–4. PMID 6493274.
  8. Gregoratos G (1990). "Pericardial involvement in acute myocardial infarction". Cardiol Clin. 8 (4): 601–8. PMID 2249214.

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