2015 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases

Intravenous human immunoglobulins for refractory recurrent pericarditis

(2016) Massimo Imazio et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Anakinra

(2016) George Lazaros et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Usefulness of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance–Guided Management in Patients With Recurrent Pericarditis

(2015) M. Chadi Alraies et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Etiology of Pericarditis in a Prospective Cohort of 1162 Cases

(2015) Frédérique Gouriet et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Colchicine for postoperative pericardial effusion: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

(2015) P Meurin et al.   HEART

Diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis

(2015) Massimo Imazio et al.   HEART

Incidence and prognostic significance of new onset atrial fibrillation/flutter in acute pericarditis

(2015) Massimo Imazio et al.   HEART

Dexamethasone for the prevention of postpericardiotomy syndrome: A DExamethasone for Cardiac Surgery substudy

(2014) Jeroen J.H. Bunge et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Diagnostic accuracy of quantitative PCR (Xpert MTB/RIF) for tuberculous pericarditis compared to adenosine deaminase and unstimulated interferon-γ in a high burden setting: a prospective study

(2014) Shaheen Pandie et al.   BMC Medicine

Clinical Profile and Influences on Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Pericarditis

(2014) Ville Kytö et al.   CIRCULATION

Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis

(2014) Terrence D. Welch et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Medication Non-Adherence Among Elderly Patients Newly Discharged and Receiving Polypharmacy

(2014) L. Pasina et al.   DRUGS & AGING

Triage strategy for urgent management of cardiac tamponade: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

(2014) A. D. Risti  et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Idiopathic recurrent pericarditis as an immune-mediated disease: current insights into pathogenesis and emerging treatment options

(2014) Massimo Imazio   Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Pericarditis with troponin elevation

(2014) Massimo Imazio   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Prognosis of myopericarditis as determined from previously published reports

(2014) Massimo Imazio et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Colchicine for the prevention of pericarditis

(2014) Massimo Imazio et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Long-Term Efficacy of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (Anakinra) in Corticosteroid-Dependent and Colchicine-Resistant Recurrent Pericarditis

(2014) Martina Finetti et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Constrictive pericarditis requiring pericardiectomy at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: Causes and perioperative outcomes in the HIV era (1990-2012)

(2014) Arthur K. Mutyaba et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Efficacy and safety of colchicine for treatment of multiple recurrences of pericarditis (CORP-2): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial

(2014) Massimo Imazio et al.   LANCET

Constrictive pericarditis—a curable diastolic heart failure

(2014) Faisal F. Syed et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Prednisolone and Mycobacterium indicus pranii in Tuberculous Pericarditis

(2014) Bongani M. Mayosi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) position paper: multimodality imaging in pericardial disease

(2014) B. Cosyns et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Idiopathic Pericarditis and Pericardial Effusion in Children: Contemporary Epidemiology and Management

(2014) Divya Shakti et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Usefulness of High-Dose Intravenous Human Immunoglobulins Treatment for Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis

(2013) Michele Moretti et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Retrospective Comparison of Outcomes, Diagnostic Value, and Complications of Percutaneous Prolonged Drainage Versus Surgical Pericardiotomy of Pericardial Effusion Associated With Malignancy

(2013) Nimish Patel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Treatment for Postoperative Pericardial Effusion

(2013) Philippe Meurin   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Colchicine for Recurrent Pericarditis (CORP)

(2013) Massimo Imazio   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Child-Pugh Score Predicts Survival After Radical Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis

(2013) Takeshi Komoda et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Pericardial Effusions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

(2013) Eric R. Fenstad et al.   CHEST

Good Prognosis for Pericarditis With and Without Myocardial Involvement

(2013) Massimo Imazio et al.   CIRCULATION

Treatment of Acute and Recurrent Idiopathic Pericarditis

(2013) Leonard S. Lilly   CIRCULATION

18F-FDG PET/CT in Differentiating Acute Tuberculous From Idiopathic Pericarditis

(2013) Aisheng Dong et al.   CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Haemodynamically irrelevant pericardial effusion is associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic heart failure

(2013) Georg M. Fröhlich et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of myocarditis: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

(2013) A. L. P. Caforio et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

HIV and the heart: the impact of antiretroviral therapy: a global perspective

(2013) F. Thienemann et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Pericardioscopy and epi- and pericardial biopsy—a new window to the heart improving etiological diagnoses and permitting targeted intrapericardial therapy

(2013) Bernhard Maisch et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Viral genomes in the pericardial fluid and in peri- and epicardial biopsies from a German cohort of patients with large to moderate pericardial effusions

(2013) Sabine Pankuweit et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Alcohol ablation of pericardial cysts under pericardioscopical control

(2013) Bernhard Maisch   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Expert Consensus for Multi-Modality Imaging Evaluation of Cardiovascular Complications of Radiotherapy in Adults: A Report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography

(2013) Patrizio Lancellotti et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

American Society of Echocardiography Clinical Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging of Patients with Pericardial Disease

(2013) Allan L. Klein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Pericardiocentesis in trauma

(2013) Tim H. Lee et al.   Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Findings of a randomized controlled trial using limited transthoracic echocardiogram (LTTE) as a hemodynamic monitoring tool in the trauma bay

(2013) Paula Ferrada et al.   Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

A Randomized Trial of Colchicine for Acute Pericarditis

(2013) Massimo Imazio et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Pericardial Disease: Value of CT and MR Imaging

(2013) Jan Bogaert et al.   RADIOLOGY

Assessment of Early Post-Infarction Pericardial Injury by CMR

(2013) Costantinos Doulaptsis et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Differential Diagnosis of Acute Pericarditis From Normal Variant Early Repolarization and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy With Early Repolarization: An Electrocardiographic Study

(2012) Ravindra Bhardwaj et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES

Completion Pericardiectomy for Recurrent Constrictive Pericarditis: Importance of Timing of Recurrence on Late Clinical Outcome of Operation

(2012) Yang Hyun Cho et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

The prevalence and outcome of effusive constrictive pericarditis : a systematic review of the literature

(2012) Mpiko Ntsekhe et al.   Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Impact of Controlled Pericardial Drainage on Critical Cardiac Tamponade With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

(2012) T. Hayashi et al.   CIRCULATION

Spectrum of physiological and pathological cardiac and pericardial uptake of FDG in oncology PET-CT

(2012) P. Lobert et al.   CLINICAL RADIOLOGY

Clues to detect tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) among patients with idiopathic recurrent acute pericarditis: results of a multicentre study

(2012) Luca Cantarini et al.   Clinical Research in Cardiology

Contemporary management of pericardial diseases

(2012) Massimo Imazio   CURRENT OPINION IN CARDIOLOGY

The post-pericardiotomy syndrome

(2012) Massimo Imazio   CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE

Management of pericardial effusion

(2012) M. Imazio et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

MR, CT, and PET imaging in pericardial disease

(2012) Peter Alter et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Pericardial cytokines in neoplastic, autoreactive, and viral pericarditis

(2012) Arsen D. Ristić et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Diagnostic value of biochemical biomarkers in malignant and non-malignant pericardial effusion

(2012) Konstantinos Karatolios et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Causes of moderate to large pericardial effusion requiring pericardiocentesis in 140 Han Chinese patients

(2012) W. Ma et al.   HERZ

Post-cardiac injury syndromes. An emerging cause of pericardial diseases

(2012) Massimo Imazio et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Clinical presentation and long-term follow-up of perimyocarditis

(2012) Alessandra Buiatti et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Postpericardiotomy syndrome

(2012) Massimo Imazio et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Pericardiectomy vs Medical Management in Patients With Relapsing Pericarditis

(2012) Masud H. Khandaker et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Efficacy of an Interleukin-1β Receptor Antagonist (Anakinra) in Idiopathic Recurrent Pericarditis

(2012) Alessandra Scardapane et al.   PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

Malignant Pleural Disease: Diagnosis by Using Diffusion-weighted and Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging—Initial Experience

(2012) Johan Coolen et al.   RADIOLOGY

Surgical properties and survival of a pericardial window via left minithoracotomy for benign and malignant pericardial tamponade in cancer patients

(2012) Sezai Celik et al.   World Journal of Surgical Oncology

EGFR and KRAS mutations in lung carcinomas in the Dutch population: increased EGFR mutation frequency in malignant pleural effusion of lung adenocarcinoma

(2012) Alexander J. J. Smits et al.   CELLULAR ONCOLOGY

Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials Focusing on Prevention of the Postpericardiotomy Syndrome

(2011) Massimo Imazio et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Contemporary Features, Risk Factors, and Prognosis of the Post-Pericardiotomy Syndrome

(2011) Massimo Imazio et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Diagnostic Yield of Extensive Infectious Panel Testing in Acute Pericarditis

(2011) Rami Abu Fanne et al.   CARDIOLOGY

Prevalence of C-Reactive Protein Elevation and Time Course of Normalization in Acute Pericarditis

(2011) Massimo Imazio et al.   CIRCULATION

Risk of Constrictive Pericarditis After Acute Pericarditis

(2011) Massimo Imazio et al.   CIRCULATION

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pericardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement and Elevated Inflammatory Markers Can Predict the Reversibility of Constrictive Pericarditis After Antiinflammatory Medical Therapy

(2011) DaLi Feng et al.   CIRCULATION

Virus serology in patients with suspected myocarditis: utility or futility?

(2011) F. Mahfoud et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Pericardial involvement in systemic inflammatory diseases

(2011) M. Imazio   HEART

Azathioprine in isolated recurrent pericarditis: A single centre experience

(2011) Fabrizio Vianello et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Utility of FDG PET/CT in Inflammatory Cardiovascular Disease

(2011) Olga G. James et al.   RADIOGRAPHICS

Contemporary Imaging of the Pericardium

(2011) Dana Dawson et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Pericardial Delayed Hyperenhancement With CMR Imaging in Patients With Constrictive Pericarditis Undergoing Surgical Pericardiectomy

(2011) Andrew O. Zurick et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

International collaborative systematic review of controlled clinical trials on pharmacologic treatments for acute pericarditis and its recurrences

(2010) Marzia Lotrionte et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

A small pericardial effusion is a marker of increased mortality

(2010) Teferi Y. Mitiku et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Intrapericardial Triamcinolone Administration for Autoreactive Pericarditis

(2010) Jorie A Glick Frasiolas et al.   ANNALS OF PHARMACOTHERAPY

Controversial Issues in the Management of Pericardial Diseases

(2010) Massimo Imazio et al.   CIRCULATION

Hospital Outcome of Moderate to Severe Pericardial Effusion Complicating ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction

(2010) Jaume Figueras et al.   CIRCULATION

The Role of Multimodality Imaging in the Management of Pericardial Disease

(2010) David Verhaert et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Role of Autoimmunity and Autoinflammation in the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Recurrent Pericarditis

(2010) Luca Cantarini et al.   CLINICAL REVIEWS IN ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

COlchicine for the Prevention of the Post-pericardiotomy Syndrome (COPPS): a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

(2010) M. Imazio et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Anti-heart and anti-intercalated disk autoantibodies: evidence for autoimmunity in idiopathic recurrent acute pericarditis

(2010) A. L. P. Caforio et al.   HEART

Use of octreotide in the treatment of chylopericardium

(2010) Eszter Szabados et al.   HEART & LUNG

Aetiological diagnosis in acute and recurrent pericarditis: when and how

(2010) Massimo Imazio et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Management of pericardial diseases during pregnancy

(2010) Massimo Imazio et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Medical therapy of pericardial diseases

(2010) Massimo Imazio et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Triage and management of pericardial effusion

(2010) Massimo Imazio et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

(2010) Frédéric Sacher et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Neoplastic pericardial disease in lung cancer: Impact on outcomes of different treatment strategies. A multicenter study

(2010) Chiara Lestuzzi et al.   LUNG CANCER

Evaluation and Management of Pericardial Effusion in Patients with Neoplastic Disease

(2010) Bernhard Maisch et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Multimodality Imaging of Pericardial Diseases

(2010) Kibar Yared et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Frequency and Prognostic Significance of Pericarditis Following Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated by Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

(2009) Massimo Imazio et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

The Safety of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) in Pregnancy: A Meta-Analysis

(2009) Simerpal K Gill et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Successful treatment of idiopathic recurrent pericarditis in children with interleukin-1β receptor antagonist (anakinra): An unrecognized autoinflammatory disease?

(2009) Paolo Picco et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

A randomised trial of intrapericardial bleomycin for malignant pericardial effusion with lung cancer (JCOG9811)

(2009) H Kunitoh et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

Forgotten cardiovascular diseases in Africa

(2009) Karen Sliwa et al.   Clinical Research in Cardiology

Colchicine for pericarditis: hype or hope?

(2009) M. Imazio et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Medical treatment of pericarditis during pregnancy

(2009) Antonio Brucato et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Iatrogenic Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade in the Percutaneous Intracardiac Intervention Era

(2009) David R. Holmes et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions

The Effect of Short-Term Prophylactic Acetylsalicylic Acid on the Incidence of Postpericardiotomy Syndrome After Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defects

(2009) Peter J. Gill et al.   PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

Corticosteroids for Recurrent Pericarditis

(2008) Massimo Imazio et al.   CIRCULATION

Myopericarditis: Etiology, management, and prognosis

(2008) Massimo Imazio et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Constrictive Pericarditis in the Modern Era

(2008) Deepak R. Talreja et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Chylopericardium in adults: A literature review over the past decade (1996–2006)

(2008) Chadi Dib et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

MR Imaging of the Pericardium

(2008) Andrew J. Misselt et al.   Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Pericarditis Associated with Renal Failure: Evolution and Management

(2003) James E. Wood et al.   SEMINARS IN DIALYSIS