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Acute transient constrictive pericarditis can occur as a rare complication of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) infection and can be successfully resolved with conservative medical treatment.
Case Report (n=1)
Acute transient constrictive pericarditis is a rare complication of H1N1 influenza that can be successfully treated with conservative medical therapy.
Alerts clinicians to rare transient constrictive pericarditis in H1N1; single case leaves open incidence and generalizability.
Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) is caused by a new strain of the influenza virus. The disease has spread rapidly and was declared a pandemic in April, 2009. So far, however, there is a scarcity of information regarding the complications of swine influenza. A report of the disease in the winter of 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere found that the most common manifestations of influenza A virus infection are upper respiratory tract infection and pneumonia. Although there may be an association between fulminant myocarditis and Swine influenza, cardiovascular complications resulting from swine Influenza A infection are exceedingly rare. We report a case of acute constrictive pericarditis in a healthy subject infected by the swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus.
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Jang et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Constrictive pericarditis accompanied by Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Infection (n=1). Conservative medical treatment (NSAIDs and steroids) was evaluated on Clinical and echocardiographic resolution of constrictive pericarditis. Acute transient constrictive pericarditis can occur as a rare complication of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) infection and can be successfully resolved with conservative medical treatment.
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