Hirohiko Aikawa, Masashi Fujino, Kota Murai, Takamasa Iwai, Kenichiro Sawada, Hideo Matama, Hiroyuki Miura, Satoshi Honda, Shuichi Yoneda, Kensuke Takagi, Fumiyuki Otsuka, Yu Kataoka, Yasuhide Asaumi, Yoshio Tahara, Soshiro Ogata, Kunihiro Nishimura, Kenichi Tsujita, Teruo Noguchi
BACKGROUND: Acute pericarditis occasionally requires invasive treatment, and may recur after discharge. However, there are no studies on acute pericarditis in Japan, and its clinical characteristics and prognosis are unknown. METHODS: This was a single-center, retrospective cohort study of clinical characteristics, invasive procedures, mortality, and recurrence in patients with acute pericarditis hospitalized from 2010 to 2022. The primary in-hospital outcome was adverse events (AEs), a composite of all-cause mortality and cardiac tamponade...
March 7, 2023: Journal of Cardiology