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Pericarditis () is inflammation of the pericardium, the fibrous sac surrounding the heart. Symptoms typically include sudden onset of sharp chest pain, which may also be felt in the shoulders, neck, or back. The pain is typically less severe when sitting up and more severe when lying down or breathing deeply. Other symptoms of pericarditis can include fever, weakness, palpitations, and shortness of breath. The onset of symptoms can occasionally be gradual rather than sudden.

Key facts

Medical condition.name: Pericarditis
Medical condition.image: Pericarditis10.JPG
Medical condition.caption: An ECG showing pericarditis, with ST elevation in multiple leads and slight reciprocal ST depression in aVR.
Medical condition.width: 350px
Medical condition.field: Cardiology
Medical condition.symptoms: Sharp chest pain, better sitting up and worse with lying down, fever
Medical condition.complications: Cardiac tamponade, myocarditis, constrictive pericarditis
Medical condition.onset: Typically sudden
Medical condition.duration: Few days to weeks
Medical condition.causes: Viral infection, tuberculosis, uremic pericarditis, following a heart attack, cancer, autoimmune disorders, chest trauma
Medical condition.diagnosis: Based on symptoms, electrocardiogram, fluid around the heart
Medical condition.differential: Heart attack
Medical condition.treatment: NSAIDs, colchicine, corticosteroids
Medical condition.prognosis: Usually good
Medical condition.frequency: 3 per 10,000 per year