Pericardial disease are conditions that affect your pericardium. Your pericardium is a flexible, two-layered sac that surrounds your heart. Your pericardium contains your heart in your chest wall. It ...

Lupus can cause inflammation of the pericardium, the lining around your heart. Depending on the severity of your symptoms, treatments range from over-the-counter pain relievers to surgery. Systemic ...

Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon form of heart failure in which the pericardium — the sac of tissue surrounding the heart — becomes stiff and prevents the heart from filling and pumping blood ...

A new study of more than 2,900 patients provides evidence that it's likely best to use as little corticosteroid medicine as possible when treating people who have lupus pericarditis, a common heart ...

Credit: Getty Images A discussion on the new American Heart Association’s pericarditis initiative with Jimmy Kerrigan, MD. For the estimated 40,000 adults with recurrent pericarditis in the United ...

Madrid, Spain – 29 August: New ESC Guidelines to improve the diagnosis and care of patients with myocarditis and pericarditis, have been published today at ESC Congress 2025. This is the first time ...

Heart inflammation, or carditis, can affect the heart muscle, its lining, or the surrounding sac, and often follows infections. Symptoms range from chest pain and fatigue to more subtle signs, making ...

It’s far from uncommon to associate chest pain with having a heart attack, but it’s not the only explanation for the common symptom. “We think that about 5% of people that come to the hospital with ...

Learn how to prevent pericarditis flare-ups while traveling by managing your medications, conserving your energy, and ...