Postcardiac Injury Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Elective Coronary Angioplasty

Am J Med. 2016 May;129(5):e13-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.12.011. Epub 2016 Jan 5.

Authors

Sothinathan Gurunathan¹, Guy Parsons², Grace Young², Andrew Porter², Ahmed Elghamaz², Roxy Senior³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK; Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK.
³ Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK; Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.

PMID: 26767611
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.12.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Arteries / diagnostic imaging
Arteries / pathology*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid*
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Chest Pain / diagnostic imaging
Chest Pain / etiology*
Comorbidity
Constriction, Pathologic / complications
Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
Drug-Eluting Stents
Echocardiography
Elective Surgical Procedures
Heart Atria / pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging
Pericardial Effusion / drug therapy
Pericardial Effusion / etiology*
Postpericardiotomy Syndrome / drug therapy
Postpericardiotomy Syndrome / etiology*
Prednisolone / administration & dosage
Prednisolone / therapeutic use*

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
C-Reactive Protein
Prednisolone