Dressler's syndrome

Dressler's syndrome is secondary pericarditis (or pleuritis) that occurs with a delay of up to several weeks after a myocardial infarction or heart surgery.

It manifests as a typical pericarditis by chest pain, fever, dyspnea and precordial murmur.

Glucocorticoids are used to treat Dressler's syndrome.

Related articles

 * Pericarditis
 * Murmur
 * Myocard infarction
 * Chest pain
 * Dyspnoe