An ECG classically shows widespread concave "saddle-shaped" ST elevation in acute pericarditis. The ST segment represents the ...

The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis is based on simple ... elevated markers of inflammation and ECG changes or pericardial effusion). Chronic cases are manifested by the persistence ...

A typical ECG evolution is recorded in up to 60% of all case, while atypical evolution is not rare and may simulate an acute coronary syndrome especially in myopericarditis. Therapy may accelerate ...