Acute Benign Pericarditis

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Abstract
PERICARDITIS not associated with tuberculosis, rheumatic fever or other expected causes was the subject of a study by Barnes and Burchell1 in 1942. Certain features of this disorder, such as the rapid changes in heart size,2 the difficulty in differential diagnosis from acute coronary occlusion,3 the specificity of the electrocardiographic pattern,4 and the lack of complications,5 , 6 have been commented on in subsequent reports. Few data concerning the subsequent courses of these patients have been recorded.During the past four years 13 patients with acute pericarditis have been studied at this hospital. Case reports concerning 7 of these patients illustrating the . . .

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