Acute Recurrent Pericarditis Accompanied by Graves' Disease
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The etiology of acute pericarditis is often thought to be autoimmune, and Graves' disease has been reported in a few series to manifest as acute pericarditis. Since the etiology of recurrent pericarditis is known to be more associated with autoimmune causes, recurrent acute pericarditis may be a potential cardiovascular complication of Graves' disease. We report a case of recurrent acute pericarditis that was presumed to be associated with Graves' disease which was controlled after management of the problem of the thyroid.
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Letter by Chhabra and Spodick regarding article, "Treatment of acute and recurrent idiopathic pericarditis".
To the Editor: We read with great interest the publication by Lilly in a recent issue of Circulation. 1 Lilly has provided a brief yet comprehensive review of the management of acute and recurrent pericarditis. Lilly has recommended that corticosteroids should never be used as a primary line of therapy in acute or recurrent idiopathic pericarditis, unless the disease symptoms are refractory to ...
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