Incidence, clinical presentation, management, and outcome of acute pericarditis and myopericarditis
Why the study?
Little is known about the epidemiology, clinical presentation, management, and outcome of acute pericarditis and myopericarditis.
Population
2533 patients presenting to seven emergency departments in Switzerland with acute chest pain
Comparison
Pericarditis and myopericarditis vs NSTEMI
Design
Multicentre observational cohort study
Follow-up
2 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports benign prognosis in pericarditis/myopericarditis versus NSTEMI; observational data leave confirmation of mortality difference open.
Structured PICO
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Population
2533 patients presenting to seven emergency departments in Switzerland with acute chest pain.
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Comparator
Patients with NSTEMI or non-cardiac causes of chest pain
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Outcome
Incidence, management, and long-term outcome (including 30-day mortality/life-threatening arrhythmias and 2-year all-cause mortality)hard clinical
Acute pericarditis and myopericarditis are substantially less common than NSTEMI and have an excellent short- and long-term prognosis.
Cite This Study
Prepoudis et al. (2021) studied this question.