The acute pericarditis - Diagnosis of assess gravity

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THE ACUTE PERICARDITIS

- Definition
- The Symptoms
- How to make the diagnosis?
- Diagnosis of assess gravity
- The Causes
- Evolution
- Treatment
- Conclusion

DIAGNOSIS TO ASSESS GRAVITY

The abundance of the effusion is determined by the echocardiography but is only approximate. The drop or the increase of the quantity of liquid is important.

The gravity of the affection is dominated by the risk of a heart constriction by the liquid contained in the pericardium, whose volume should be assessed as soon as the diagnosis is made and afterwards according to its the evolution.

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File last reviewed on dec 18, 2011

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