title: Pericarditis in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: In 1505 patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) pericarditis was diagnosed most often in those with anterior transmural ECG changes. Those with pericarditis had a significantly greater hospital mortality and peak serum lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) levels and a greater incidence of left ventricular failure (LVF).
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000401:mortality; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase