Postcardiac injury syndrome after coronary angioplasty and stenting.

Pleuropericarditis has been described in many patients after a variety of cardiac insults, including infarction and surgery or trauma to the heart. The syndrome of fever, pleural effusion, chest pain, and an elevated sedimentation rate after cardiac injury is referred to as the postcardiac injury syndrome (PCIS). PCIS actually includes two distinct entities, the postmyocardial infarction syndrome (PMIS), which occurs after myocardial infarction, and the postcardiotomy syndrome (PCS), which occurs after cardiac surgery or trauma. We report a rare case of PCIS that occurred after an uncomplicated coronary angioplasty and stenting.