Dressler's syndrome
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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.
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- KLENER, Pavel. Vnitřní lékařství. 4. edition. Praha : Galén : Karolinum, 2011. ISBN 978-80-246-1986-6.
