Acute inflammatory myopericardial syndromes span a range from pure pericarditis to pure myocarditis, with the terms myopericarditis and perimyocarditis used to reflect the dominant component of ...

Pericarditis may be caused by infectious or noninfectious noxa. Most cases are labeled as 'idiopathic' because the traditional diagnostic approach often fails to identify the etiology. Most ...

Initially linked solely to the exposure to a fibrous mineral, erionite, recent studies by scientists from Turkey and the United States have shown that erionite causes mesothelioma mostly in ...

But suddenly Braxton found herself being rushed to the hospital. There,doctors told her she had pericarditis, a serious heart condition. Often caused by a virus, pericarditis is an inflammation of ...

Jeronimidis, G and Atkins, A G 1995. Mechanics of Biological Materials and Structures: Nature's Lessons for the Engineer. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of ...

Rheumatoid arthritis can also produce diffuse inflammation in the lungs, membrane around the heart (pericardium), the membranes of the lung (pleura), and white of the eye (sclera), and also ...