title: Acute post-MI pericarditis.
abstract: The diagnosis of acute pericarditis may be difficult to establish in patients with recent transmural infarcts as the symptomatology frequently mimics the clinical presentation associated with recurrent ischemia. A careful assessment of the postmyocardial infarction patient may reveal the clinical and electrocardiographic features associated with developing pericarditis. Prompt and accurate recognition of this complication is critical in order to institute definitive therapy, minimize the risk of hemodynamic compromise, and provide psychological support.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*