1 study period, there were 1361 admissions for acute pericarditis.

2                   Among 13 759 patients with acute pericarditis, 1550 subsequently were diagnosed wit

3 re recorded more frequently in patients with acute pericarditis (32%) than in those with myopericardi

4 Colchicine is effective for the treatment of acute pericarditis and first recurrences.

5 e use of colchicine during a first attack of acute pericarditis and in the prevention of recurrent sy

6                    Patients hospitalized for acute pericarditis are more commonly male.

7                                              Acute pericarditis caused 0.20% (95% CI, 0.19%-0.22%) of

8                             In patients with acute pericarditis, colchicine, when added to convention

9                           Most patients with acute pericarditis have a benign course and a good progn

10 s in patients who have been hospitalized for acute pericarditis is largely uncharacterized.

11  39 years; range, 18-83 years; 300 men) with acute pericarditis or a myopericardial inflammatory synd

12 reater in-hospital mortality in hospitalized acute pericarditis patients.

13 16 years admitted to the hospital because of acute pericarditis (postpericardiotomy and myocardial in

14           The in-hospital mortality rate for acute pericarditis was 1.1% (95% CI, 0.6%-1.8%).

15 dized incidence rate of hospitalizations for acute pericarditis was 3.32 per 100 000 person-years.

16                             The diagnosis of acute pericarditis was based on the presence of 2 of 4 c

17 er, double-blind trial, eligible adults with acute pericarditis were randomly assigned to receive eit