Recurrent acute idiopathic pericarditis: rheumatologic therapy, autoantibodies and long term outcome

• Main Authors: D. Spodick (Author), A. Caforio (Author), P. Coppini (Author), M. Bosetti (Author), Y. Adler (Author), A. Brucato (Author), G. Brambilla (Author), B. Canesi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To evaluate therapy and rheumatologic aspects of recurrent acute idiopathic pericarditis (RAIP). Methods: We studied 46 patients. We used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) at high dosage. We did not start corticosteroid: if already started, we planned a very slow tapering; 37...