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1B41.0 category

Acute rheumatic pericarditis

Definition

A disease of the pericardium, caused by acute rheumatic fever. This disease is characterised by fever, dry cough, rapid heart rate, fatigue, or low blood pressure. Confirmation is by echocardiography, or thoracic radiography.

Also indexed as

Acute rheumatic pericarditisactive rheumatic fever with pericarditisactive rheumatic pericarditisacute active rheumatic pericarditisacute rheumatic bacterial pericardium inflammationacute rheumatic fever with pericarditisrheumatic fever with pericarditisrheumatic pericarditis

Nearby in Acute rheumatic fever with heart involvement