title: Frequency of pericardial friction rub ("pericarditis") after direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in Q-wave acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: The clinical significance of infarct-associated pericarditis was examined in 201 consecutive patients with acute Q-wave myocardial infarction with successful direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. A pericardial rub was a reliable clinical sign of extensive myocardial damage in patients with direct angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takehana
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamihata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karakawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology