Pericarditis is a relatively common disease, accounting for around 5% of all causes of chest pain seen in the emergency room.

Gadolinium-enhanced MRI can demonstrate pericardial inflammation. Cine acquisition (MRI or CT) may show abnormal motion of the interventricular septum in early diastole. Additional findings ...

Patients may also have characteristic symptoms/signs of acute pericarditis like fever, pleuritic chest pain, pericardial rub, cough and fatigue. In chronic constrictive pericarditis, the cause of ...

Chest X-ray will show a “globular heart” with significant heart enlargement. CT can detect the presence of a pericardial effusion; however, it is not accurate to estimate size. The 12-lead ECG ...

Chest pain is the major symptom. The condition is suspected with a specific sound called pericardial rub. Further diagnosis involves medical history, physical examination and other tests to check ...