Most cases are recognized in the catheterization laboratory, when vessel rupture is followed by rapid extravasation into the pericardial space leading to tamponade and hemodynamic collapse.

Acute pericardial disease (acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade) was the first manifestation of previously unknown malignancies in 18 out of 450 patients (4.0%) and lung cancer was the most ...

Because the symptoms ... develop if the pericarditis persists (e.g., chronic pericarditis) or impairs the heart's ability to ...

Read on to learn more about pericarditis, its types, causes, symptoms, treatment, and more. Your first episode, called acute pericarditis, typically lasts less than 4-6 weeks. It may occur on its ...