Complicated pericarditis can occur in 15-30% of patients after an episode of acute pericarditis. This podcast will review the initial diagnosis, clinical evaluation, and treatment of the long-term complications of recurrent pericarditis.   Learn more about the risk factors and precautions to take to prevent or reduce development of complications from recurrent pericarditis. Listen Now!

While healthcare providers may initiate corticosteroids in patients with recurrent pericarditis, patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease and cardiac involvement should also be managed in collaboration with a rheumatologist particularly.  In this podcast, experts explore in more detail the diagnosis and clinical features of monogenic autoinflammatory diseases many of which can present with recurrent pericarditis.  In addition, discussion will include the spectrum of autoimmune diseases complicated by pericarditis, how to recognize these clinically, and when to call for help. Listen Now!

In this podcast learn more about the role interleukin-1 (IL-1) plays in the pathophysiology of pericarditis. Listen Now!

Listen to this podcast to better understand the triggers causing recurrent episodes of pericarditis. Experts discuss how to assess those triggers to direct optimal therapy.

In this podcast, Drs. Forouzandeh and Lin and Katherine Di Palo discuss initial management of recurrent pericarditis.  Learn how to distinguish acute pericarditis from recurrent pericarditis.  They will also explore diagnostic criteria and initial pharmacotherapy for recurrent pericarditis.  Listen now to get more insight on care delivery strategies to improve patient outcomes and decrease associated health care costs due to recurrent pericarditis.

In this podcast, Drs. Tevfik Ismail, Antonio Brucato, and Robert Barcelona will focus on the treatment of acute pericarditis and review the relevant clinical pharmacology of the agents used. appropriate pharmacologic therapies.  Learn more on the use of drugs that are off-label drug therapy for acute pericarditis in the United States and other jurisdictions. and some Practical tips and tricks and pointers to wards pitfalls to avoid when managing patients with this condition are discussed.

Learn more in this podcast on the causes, complications and treatments of acute pericarditis and explore how to prevent an initial episode of acute pericarditis from evolving into recurrent pericarditis.

Pericarditis is inflammation of the fibroelastic pericardial sac. Acute pericarditis has been observed in ≈0.1% of hospitalized patients and 5% of patients admitted to the emergency department with a diagnosis of noncardiac   chest pain. In this podcast, learn the clinical features of Acute Pericarditis.