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Pericarditis : Treatments

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Treatments List

Treatments could include:
  • Pericardiectomy

Treatments Overview Articles

Pericarditis
The cause of pericarditis must be identified, if possible. In most types of pericarditis, it is necessary to treat the pain with analgesics (pain killers. The inflammation of the pericardium is treated with anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDS) such as ...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 6, 2006
Pericarditis
Since most pericarditis is caused by a virus and will heal naturally, there is no specific, curative treatment. Ordinary antibiotics do not work against viruses. Pericarditis that comes from a virus usually clears up in two weeks to three months. ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Treatments Articles

Pericardiocentesis
Pericardiocentesis involves the use of a needle to withdraw fluid from the pericardial sac (membrane that surrounds the heart). The procedure may be used to remove fluid that is compressing the heart, or the fluid may be evaluated for diagnostic purposes.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2008
Pericardiocentesis
Pericardiocentesis is a therapeutic and diagnostic procedure in which fluid is removed from the pericardium, the sac that surrounds the heart. Purpose The pericardium normally contains only a few milliliters (less than a teaspoon) of fluid to cushion the heart.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Pericardiocentesis
A procedure performed with a needle to remove fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes from the tissue covering the heart (pericardial sac). Purpose The heart is surrounded by a membrane covering called the pericardial sac.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Pericardiocentesis
Pericardiocentesis is the removal by needle of pericardial fluid from the sac surrounding the heart for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Purpose The pericardium, the sac (or membrane) that surrounds the heart muscle, normally contains a small amount of fluid that cushions and lubricates the heart as the heart expands and contracts.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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