Any change in position resulted in a transient increase ... Case 1 presented the typical history and physical findings of acute pericarditis that was of short duration. The etiologic relation ...

Reported Cases of Associated Acute Benign Pericarditis and Infections with ... The pain was aggravated by deep breathing and by change of position. The symptoms had been present for 1 week.

In clinical practice, acute pericarditis is the term used for the index attack of pericarditis, while recurrent pericarditis describes subsequent episodes of the disease; chronic pericarditis ...

Empirical treatment of acute idiopathic/viral pericarditis and postpericardiotomy pericarditis with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and/or colchicine for approximately 3 months ...