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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S.

History and symptoms

The patient may present with the following symptoms:

• Fever
• Weight loss
• Night sweats
• Cough
• Breathlessness
• Chest pain which changes with posture
• Malaise
• Ankle edema

The frequency and severity of the above symptoms varies with the stage of the infection, the degree of involvement of the pericardium, and the degree of extrapericardial infection.