Acute Pericarditis & Myocarditis

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the July 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Diagnosing and Treating Pericarditis and Myocarditis in the Emergency Department

Epidemiology

Nomenclature

Etiology

Differential diagnosis

Prehospital care

ED history and physical

Diagnostics

• ECG
• Labs
• Imaging (X-ray, CT, US, MRI)

Treatment

Special populations

• COVID-19
• Athletes
• MIS-C