A case of acute myocardial pericarditis after radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation
HAN Yujuan1 DING Ligang2 ZHENG Lihui2 CHEN Gang2 LV Chunmei1
1.General Department, Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital, Beijing 102211, China;
2.Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
Abstract:Acute myocarditis involving pericarditis is rare in clinical practice, because of its diagnosis is based on endomyocardial biopsy and pathological examination. Clinical application is limited, grassroots hospitals more difficult to do. Clinically often encountered a high degree of suspected acute myocardial pericarditis, because of its clinical manifestations and acute myocardial infarction similar to the auxiliary examination, such as continuous not relieve chest pain, increases myocardial enzymes and electrocardiogram ST segment elevation, clinical misdiagnosis rate is high. so in such patients should ask for details of the history, analysis of the illness, improve the level of clinical diagnosis and increase diagnosis rate.