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Alessandro Feola1, Noè De Stefano2, Bruno Della Pietra1
1Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Via Luciano Armanni 5, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Abstract:
Postinfarction pericarditis can be classified as "early," referred to as pericarditis epistenocardica, or "delayed," referred to as Dressler syndrome. The incidence of postinfarction pericarditis has decreased to <5% since the introduction of reperfusion therapies and limitation of infarct size. We report on a 57-year-old man who suffered sudden cardiac death as a result of acute myocardial infarction. Autopsy revealed an area of previous infarction and fibrinous pericarditis related to the previous infarction, leading to a diagnosis of Dressler syndrome.
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