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Carditis (pl. carditides) is the inflammation of the heart. [1] It is usually studied and treated by specifying it as: [citation needed] Pericarditis is the ...
Pericarditis; An ECG showing pericarditis, with ST elevation in multiple leads and slight reciprocal ST depression in aVR.: Specialty: Cardiology: Symptoms: Sharp chest pain, better sitting up and worse with lying down, fever [1]
Fibrinous pericarditis is an exudative inflammation.The pericardium is infiltrated by the fibrinous exudate. This consists of fibrin strands and leukocytes.Fibrin describes an amorphous, eosinophilic (pink) network.
Myocarditis is defined as inflammation of the myocardium.Myocarditis can progress to inflammatory cardiomyopathy when there are associated ventricular remodeling and cardiac dysfunction due to chronic inflammation.
Chest pain is one of the common symptoms of acute pericarditis. It is usually of sudden onset, occurring in the anterior chest and often has a sharp quality that worsens with breathing in or coughing, due to inflammation of the pleural surface at the same time.
Infective endocarditis is an infection of the inner surface of the heart (endocardium), usually the valves. [1] Signs and symptoms may include fever, small areas of bleeding into the skin, heart murmur, feeling tired, and low red blood cell count.
Tuberculosis-x-ray. The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis is often difficult to make. In particular, restrictive cardiomyopathy has many similar clinical features to constrictive pericarditis, and differentiating them in a particular individual is often a diagnostic dilemma.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. [3] CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease ...