IDIOPATHIC PERICARDITIS
Authors: R B Macpherson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 July 1956IDIOPATHIC PERICARDITISE. A. STEWART REID, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C.), J. LAWRENCE HUTCHISON, M.D., JOHN D. E. PRICE, M.D., ROBERT L. SMITH, M.D.E. A. STEWART REID, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C.), J. LAWRENCE HUTCHISON, M.D., JOHN D. E. PRICE, M.D., ROBERT L. SMITH, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-1-88 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIdiopathic pericarditis is being diagnosed with increasing frequency. This paper is a review of the 23 cases admitted to The Montreal General Hospital and the Queen Mary Veterans Hospital between the years 1945 and 1955. Twenty of these cases were diagnosed after 1950. An attempt is made to relate symptoms, signs and laboratory findings to clinical diagnosis.The disease is a perplexing entity. Pathogenesis is little understood, and diagnosis may present considerable difficulty. 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