Investigating Pericarditis Diagnosis in a Tertiary Pericardial Center
Thirty-five percent of patients referred to the pericardial center are misdiagnosed with pericarditis. Inflammatory markers and late gadolinium enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging can help refine the diagnosis. COVID-19 infection is associated with higher rates of misdiagnosis.
Authors
- Abdel Hadi El Hajjar
- Zoha Majeed
- Alveena Batool Syed
- Ziad Zalaquett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2515-807X)
- Felix Berglund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0731-2328)
- Muhammad Ehsan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3233-0971)
- Akiva Rosenzveig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-8841)
- Issam Motairek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3294-8659)
- Tom Kai Ming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5570-9402)
- Jibran Ikram
- Astefanos Al-Dalakta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2995-5684)
- Mary Heine
- M Blasco Villalonga
- Allan Klein
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Advances
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102335
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39