title: Acute pleuropericarditis after coronary stenting: a case report.
abstract: A case of acute pleuropericarditis, which occurred after apparently successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery, is reported. The patient underwent coronary stenting without any immediate signs of complications. However, he had an acute onset of chest pain with fever which happened 4 h after PCI. He was diagnosed with acute pleuropericarditis by blood tests, electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, and echocardiogram. He rapidly recovered by intravenous hydrocortisone followed by oral prednisone administrations and percutaneous catheter pericardial drainage. Acute pleuropericarditis relevant to post-cardiac injury syndrome with an atypically early onset might have occurred in this case as a rare complication of PCI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Setoyama
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone; D006854:Hydrocortisone