A clinical study on idiopathic pericarditis.
1) Thirty-eight cases of idiopathic pericarditis in our institutes were analyzed and were classified into 3; group A: clinical picture of pericarditis, group B: clinical picture of peri-myocarditis and group C: dominant clinical picture of chronic pericardial effusion. 2) All cases of group A showed a good clinical course. 3) In group B cases with complete A--V block continued to have heart block with significant myocardial changes, and the prognosis may not be good. 4) Many cases of group C belonged to elderly female and the etiology was unclear. 5) Viral pericarditis was proven in only one case.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis