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 ...

Pericarditis is inflammation of the sac around the heart, called the pericardium. If pericarditis becomes chronic, it can lead to pericardial effusion. This is when the pericardium fills with fluid.

Lupus can cause inflammation of the pericardium, the lining around your heart. Depending on the severity of your symptoms, treatments range from over-the-counter pain relievers to surgery. Systemic ...

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 ...

The pericardium is the layer that surrounds the heart. The pericardium has two layers that work to lubricate the heart, protect it, and prevent it from filling up with too much blood. When this layer ...

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.

Myocarditis and pericarditis are types of heart inflammation. Myocarditis affects the middle layer of heart muscle, and pericarditis only affects the heart’s outer lining. Myocarditis and pericarditis ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) reported January 4, 2023, that new research on treatment of recurrent pericarditis involving cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and interlukin-1 inhibitors may ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers assessed the risk of myocarditis or pericarditis after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) messenger ...