The Grammy winner is looking to raise awareness of pericarditis, an inflammation of the heart, after living with it since ...

Acute pericarditis is a condition in which inflammation occurs in the pericardium, the fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart. “Acute” means the condition develops quickly or suddenly.

Country singer Carly Pearce, 34, provided a health update on her chronic health condition called pericarditis. She has ...

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

A pericardial effusion occurs when a significant amount of fluid fills the pericardial space. Individuals without pericardial effusion have a small amount of pericardial fluid (15 mL to 50 mL ...

Constrictive pericarditis occurs when scarring and calcification of the pericardium result in loss of normal elasticity. This limits diastolic relaxation of the heart and causes congestive heart ...

Pericarditis may be caused by infectious or ... no specific guidelines have been issued on this topic by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

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although other approaches may be equally effective and less invasive (e.g., pericardial window either by conventional heart surgery or video-assisted thoracoscopy). On the contrary ...