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Dressler syndrome is a secondary form of pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart or the pericardium (the outer lining of the heart). It ...
Although no current drug on the market prevents post-pericardiotomy syndrome, colchicine seems to provide an effective and safe way to treat pericarditis by reducing inflammation. [6] Colchicine is a natural product extracted from plants, and is a secondary metabolite (an organic compound not directly related to growth and development in an ...
Dressler's syndrome [4] Peri-Myocardial Infarction Pericarditis [16] Trauma to the heart [4] Uremia (uremic pericarditis) [4] Cancer [4] Side effect of some medications, e.g. isoniazid, cyclosporine, hydralazine, warfarin, and heparin; Radiation induced [4] Aortic dissection [4] Postpericardiotomy syndrome—such as after CABG surgery [4]
Abandoned child syndrome; ... Dressler syndrome; Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms; ... Postpericardiotomy syndrome;
Cardiac injury syndromes: Heart surgery [7] (postpericardiotomy syndrome), post-myocardial infarction (Dressler's syndrome), coronary interventions such as drug eluting stents. Post-cardiac surgery pericardial effusions contribute to 54% of total effusions in the pediatric population.
William Dressler (1890–1969) was a cardiologist born in Poland, who went on to become a Director of Cardiology at Maimonides Medical Center. [1] [2] Dressler's syndrome is named after him for discovering the condition in 1956. [3] [4] [5] The "Dressler beat", a type of QRS complex, [6] is also named after him.
Pericarditis: This condition can be the result of viral infection such as coxsackie virus and echovirus, tuberculosis, autoimmune disease, uremia, and after myocardial infarction (Dressler syndrome). The chest pain is often pleuritic in nature (associated with respiration) which is aggravated when lying down and relieved on sitting forward ...
Dressler syndrome – A form of pericarditis that develops 2–3 weeks after myocardial infarction and is accompanied by fever, pleuritic chest pain, and symptoms of pericarditis. Pericardial effusion – The serous pericardium normally contains fluid that reduces friction, but an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pericardium is called a ...