Meeting abstract
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-145-supl2-CR32
Dressler syndrome after myocardial infarction: a case report
Maja Alaber
; Emergency Department, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Tina Stanković
Maša Sorić
Abstract
Dressler syndrome is a rare type of secondary pericarditis that occurs after the injury of the heart by a myocardial infarction (MI), chest trauma, or
heart surgery. The symptoms of Dressler syndrome usually present one to six weeks after the myocardial infarction with pleuritic chest pain, fever, dyspnoea, and ECG changes. It is estimated that only 0,1% of patients who have had acute myocardial infarction develop Dressler syndrome.
Keywords
Dressler syndrome, myocardial infarction, pericarditis
Hrčak ID:
303547
URI
Publication date:
23.4.2023.
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