Population
55 patients with a first episode of acute idiopathic pericarditis and 246 healthy controls. A subgroup of 44…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
23.8 ± 6.3 months
Authors
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May support HLA/T-cell profiling for pericarditis recurrence risk; leaves open prospective validation before clinical use.
Specific HLA alleles and circulating T-cell subpopulations may help identify patients susceptible to acute idiopathic pericarditis and those at higher risk for recurrence.
Lazaros et al. (2011) studied this question.
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