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Acute rheumatic pericarditis

Pericardite reumática aguda

Category

Definition

A disease of the pericardium, caused by acute rheumatic fever. This disease is characterised by fever, dry cough, rapid heart rate, fatigue, or low blood pressure. Confirmation is by echocardiography, or thoracic radiography.

Index Terms

Acute rheumatic pericarditisactive rheumatic fever with pericarditisacute rheumatic fever with pericarditisactive rheumatic pericarditisacute active rheumatic pericarditisrheumatic fever with pericarditisrheumatic pericarditisacute rheumatic bacterial pericardium inflammation