D-Dimer and procalcitonin in patients with recurrent pericarditis: a prospective study.

Recurrent pericarditis, an inflammatory syndrome with a pathogenesis not fully elucidated, often presents diagnostic challenges. This study aims to assess the correlation of D-Dimer (D-D) and procalcitonin (PCT) levels with clinical, laboratory and imaging features in recurrent idiopathic pericarditis. We analyzed 412 patients with idiopathic recurrent pericarditis from 2019 to 2023 in our referral center.

Acute pericarditis with pleuropulmonary involvement, fever and elevated C-reactive protein: A systemic autoinflammatory disease? A cohort study.

Objectives: This cohort study describes a systemic phenotype of pericarditis, comparing this phenotype with other forms of pericarditis.

Patients And Methods: Patients in our center were enrolled in a prospectively maintained registry from 2019 to 2022. 412 patients with idiopathic recurrent pericarditis were analyzed.

Prevalence and prognosis of pericardial effusion in patients affected by pectus excavatum: A case-control study.

Background: The presence of pectus excavatum(PEX) has been occasionally associated with pericardial effusion. Aim of the present study was to compare incidence and prognosis of pericardial effusion in a group of unselected patients with PEX vs a control group.

Methods: From a prospective registry of consecutive patients who underwent chest CT for cardiovascular disease, subjects with a radiological diagnosis of PEX were retrospectively identified (cases); from the same registry patients (controls) without rib cage abnormalities were randomly selected, until a 1:2 ratio was reached.