Pericardial syndromes include different clinical presentations of pericardial diseases with distinctive signs and symptoms that can be grouped in specific ‘syndromes’. The classical pericardial syndromes include pericarditis, pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade and constrictive pericarditis.
Pericarditis
Diagnosis of Autoreactive Pericarditis
Recently, the term “autoreactive pericarditis” has been introduced to describe patients with identification of elements indicative of an autoimmune response who would otherwise be classed as idiopathic.
Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Pericarditis
Diagnostic criteria include the following:
- pericarditic typical chest pain,
- pericardial friction rubs,
- widespread ST segment elevation or PR depressions not previously reported, and
- new or worsening pericardial effusion.