Dressler syndrome : a case report
Joint Authors
Macedo, Thiago Andrade
Junior, Roberto Nery Dantas
Silva, Pedro Gabriel Melo de Barros
Sampaio, Marcio Campos
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 11 (30 Nov. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-11-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Introduction : Dressler Syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain, especially in patients who are in a late stage of the evolution of the ischemic process.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male was admitted to the emergency department due to pleuritic chest pain.
Two weeks before this admission, he presented with a typical angina episode, likely an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), and did not receive reperfusion therapy or any medical care.
The patient’s electrocardiogram showed diffuse ST segment elevation and PR segment depression, and his blood tests showed positivemyocardial necrosis markers.
A coronary angiography showed a proximal occlusion (not recanalized) of the circumflex artery.
There was a late gadolinium enhancement area seen through cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), suggestive of recent transmural infarction, pericardial injury, and pleural effusion (inflammatory).
Conclusions : These findings strongly suggest the diagnosis of delayed post-infarction pericarditis, or Dressler Syndrome, a rare disease in the age of reperfusion therapy.
Although rare, it is a syndrome that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Macedo, Thiago Andrade& Junior, Roberto Nery Dantas& Silva, Pedro Gabriel Melo de Barros& Sampaio, Marcio Campos. 2016. Dressler syndrome : a case report. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 18, no. 11, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-728743
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Macedo, Thiago Andrade…[et al.]. Dressler syndrome : a case report. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 18, no. 11 (Nov. 2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-728743
American Medical Association (AMA)
Macedo, Thiago Andrade& Junior, Roberto Nery Dantas& Silva, Pedro Gabriel Melo de Barros& Sampaio, Marcio Campos. Dressler syndrome : a case report. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2016. Vol. 18, no. 11, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-728743
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 4
Record ID
BIM-728743