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Is acute idiopathic pericarditis associated with recent upper respiratory tract infection or gastroenteritis? A case-control study.
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- Management and Prognosis of Patients With Acute Pericarditis in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective, Single-Centre Study.European journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- Aetiology, Treatment and Outcomes of Pericarditis: Long-Term Data from a Longitudinal Retrospective Single-Centre Cohort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Acute idiopathic pericarditis during a national lockdown to prevent transmission of SARS-COVID-19.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Article
- Cardiovascular Complications of Viral Respiratory Infections and COVID-19.Biomedicines · 2022Review
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- Inborn error of immunity as the cause of recurrent pericarditis.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Seasonal patterns of acute and recurrent idiopathic pericarditis.Clinical cardiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to assess the association of a clinical diagnosis of acute idiopathic pericarditis (AIP), and a reported upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) or gastroenteritis (GE) in the preceding month.
designPatients who were hospitalised with a first diagnosis of AIP were retrospectively compared with a control group of patients admitted with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), matched by gender and age.
settingPrimary and secondary care level; one hospital serving a population of about 170,000.
participantsA total of 51 patients with AIP were included, of whom 46 could be matched with 46 patients with control DVT. Only patients with a complete review of systems on the admission note were included in the study.
main outcome measureConditional logistic regression was used to assess the association of a clinical diagnosis of AIP and an infectious episode (URTI or GE) in the month preceding AIP diagnosis.
resultsPatients with AIP had more often experienced a recent episode of URTI or GE than patients with DVT (39.1% vs 10.9%, p=0.002). The multivariate conditional regression showed that AIP was independently associated with URTI or GE in the last month preceding diagnosis (OR=37.18, 95% CI=1.91 to 724.98, p=0.017).
conclusionsThis is, to the best of our knowledge, the first study demonstrating an association between a recent episode of URTI or GE and a clinical diagnosis of AIP.
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