What question did this study set out to answer?

To document a fatal course of acute idiopathic pericarditis and highlight the therapeutic hazards of administering anticoagulant therapy due to diagnostic confusion with myocardial infarction.

May 1, 1951A M A Archives of Internal Medicine

Nonspecific Pericarditis

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Population

1 52-year-old white man with acute idiopathic pericarditis

Design

Case_report

Authors

MMMalcolm C. McCordMay Institute

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Implication

Anticoagulants warrant caution in suspected acute pericarditis; case report leaves open need for better diagnostic tools versus MI.

Key Points

To document a fatal course of acute idiopathic pericarditis and highlight the therapeutic hazards of administering anticoagulant therapy due to diagnostic confusion with myocardial infarction.
Clinical and diagnostic case analysis of a 52-year-old man presenting with acute chest pain.
Evaluation of diagnostic differentiation between acute idiopathic pericarditis and acute myocardial infarction in relation to clinical outcomes.
Idiopathic pericarditis presented with severe chest pain closely resembling acute myocardial infarction.
Administration of anticoagulant therapy in acute nonspecific pericarditis resulted in a fatal outcome despite the disorder generally being considered benign.

Structured PICO

Population

1 52-year-old white man with acute idiopathic pericarditis

Intervention

Anticoagulant therapy

Outcome

Fatal outcomehard clinical

This case report highlights a fatal outcome in acute idiopathic pericarditis, suggesting a potential detrimental effect of anticoagulant therapy.

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Malcolm C. McCord (1951) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a747a86d93df8ecca090eba https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1951.03810050105010

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Nonspecific Pericarditis

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Nonspecific Pericarditis

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