MYOCARDIAL INVOLVEMENT IN ACUTE NONSPECIFIC PERICARDITIS: A REPORT OF THREE CASES
Authors: J GODFREY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 December 1951MYOCARDIAL INVOLVEMENT IN ACUTE NONSPECIFIC PERICARDITIS: A REPORT OF THREE CASESJOHN GODFREY, M.D.JOHN GODFREY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-6-1336 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor the past 10 years, increasing interest has been shown in acute pericarditis of obscure etiology, known commonly as acute nonspecific pericarditis or acute benign pericarditis. This syndrome is characterized by its onset with substernal or anterior thoracic pain, sometimes severe enough to require differentiation from myocardial infarction,1, 2and is associated with a pericardial friction rub, fever, leukocytosis and elevated sedimentation rate in the majority of instances. A pericardial effusion has appeared in approximately 20 per cent of these cases, and pleural effusion in about 25 per cent. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Olean, New York*Received for publication September 27, 1950.From the Medical Service, Veterans Hospital, White River Junction, Vermont.Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the author. 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