Treatment with goflikicept, an anti-cytokine biologic, allows patients to discontinue other therapies for idiopathic recurrent pericarditis (IRP) and reduces the risk for recurrence compared with ...

Sequence variants that protect against pericarditis have been discovered at a genomic locus encoding interleukin-1 immune cytokines. A newly approved drug treatment for pericarditis inhibits these ...

Recurrent pericarditis occurred in one fifth of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with higher recurrence rates observed in younger patients and those receiving oral prednisone therapy.

Pericardial disease are conditions that affect your pericardium. Your pericardium is a flexible, two-layered sac that surrounds your heart. Your pericardium contains your heart in your chest wall. It ...

Chest pain is a common presenting complaint in clinical practice and a leading cause of emergency department visits. However, the assessment and management of cardiac causes of chest pain in female ...

Avoid strenuous activity if you have active inflammation from pericarditis. After the inflammation lowers, your doctor can recommend exercises that are safe to do. Pericarditis is a rare disease that ...