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Cardiac MRI guides successful diagnosis and management of recurrent acute pericarditis.
This case highlights the potential role of cardiac magnetic resonance in the diagnosis and management of recurrent acute pericarditis in a young patient with a history of acute rheumatic fever.
May support CMR in post-rheumatic recurrent pericarditis; leaves open prospective validation before broader adoption.
A 23-year-old man with a medical history of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, recurrent streptococcal infections, and recent acute rheumatic fever was evaluated by the cardiology team for recurrent chest pain.
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Vuppalapati et al. (2026) studied this question. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging guided the diagnosis and management of recurrent acute pericarditis in a 23-year-old man with a history of acute rheumatic fever.
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