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Dressler syndrome

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Dressler syndrome = inflammation of pericardium likely caused by an immune system response to damaged heart tissue.

Dr. Heidi Fowler reviewed this

27 year experience in Psychiatry

Is a type of:

Heart diseases

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Rare

Symptoms

Fatigue
Chest pain
Chest pain or discomfort

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Dressler syndrome
Colchicine
3.4
5 reviews
Azathioprine
2.3
4 reviews
NSAIDs
Steroids

Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Dressler syndrome

Surgery

Pericardiocentesis
2.8
10 reviews

Tests

Complete blood count
Blood urea nitrogen
C reactive protein
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Troponin
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