2015 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Endorsed by: The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

Yehuda Adler, Philippe Charron, Massimo Imazio, Luigi Badano, Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, Jan Bogaert, Antonio Brucato, Pascal Gueret, Karin Klingel, Christos Lionis, Bernhard Maisch, Bongani Mayosi, Alain Pavie, Arsen D Ristic, Manel Sabaté Tenas, Petar Seferovic, Karl Swedberg, Witold Tomkowski, ESC Scientific Document Group, Stephan Achenbach, Stefan Agewall, Nawwar Al-Attar, Juan Angel Ferrer, Michael Arad, Riccardo Asteggiano, Héctor Bueno, Alida L P Caforio, Scipione Carerj, Claudio Ceconi, Arturo Evangelista, Frank Flachskampf, George Giannakoulas, Stephan Gielen, Gilbert Habib, Philippe Kolh, Ekaterini Lambrinou, Patrizio Lancellotti, George Lazaros, Ales Linhart, Philippe Meurin, Koen Nieman, Massimo F Piepoli, Susanna Price, Jolien Roos-Hesselink, François Roubille, Frank Ruschitzka, Jaume Sagristà Sauleda, Miguel Sousa-Uva, Jens Uwe Voigt, Jose Luis Zamorano, Jose Luis Zamorano, Victor Aboyans, Stephan Achenbach, Stefan Agewall, Lina Badimon, Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, Helmut Baumgartner, Jeroen J Bax, Héctor Bueno, Scipione Carerj, Veronica Dean, Çetin Erol, Donna Fitzimons, Oliver Gaemperli, Paulus Kirchhof, Philippe Kolh, Patrizio Lancellotti, Gregory Yh Lip, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Massimo F Piepoli, Piotr Ponikowski, Marco Roffi, Adam Torbicki, Antonio Vaz Carneiro, Stephan Windecker, Naltin Shuka, Hamayak Sisakian, Julia Mascherbauer, Elnur Isayev, Vadim Shumavets, Guy Van Camp, Plamen Gatzov, Jadranka Separovic Hanzevacki, Hera Heracleous Moustra, Ales Linhart, Jacob Eifer Møller, Mohamed Wafaie Aboleineen, Pentti Põder, Jukka Lehtonen, Slobodan Antov, Thibaud Damy, Bernhard Schieffer, Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Robert Gabor Kiss, Arnar Rafnsson, Michael Arad, Salvatore Novo, Erkin Mirrakhimov, Peteris Stradinš, Ausra Kavoliuniene, Andrei Codreanu, Philip Dingli, Eleonora Vataman, Mustapaha El Hattaoui, Stein Olav Samstad, Piotr Hoffman, Luís Rocha Lopes, Doina Ruxandra Dimulescu, Grigory P Arutyunov, Milan Pavlovic, Juraj Dúbrava, Jaume Sagristà Sauleda, Bert Andersson, Hajo Müller, Berto J Bouma, Adnan Abaci, Andrew Archbold, Elena Nesukay, Yehuda Adler, Philippe Charron, Massimo Imazio, Luigi Badano, Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, Jan Bogaert, Antonio Brucato, Pascal Gueret, Karin Klingel, Christos Lionis, Bernhard Maisch, Bongani Mayosi, Alain Pavie, Arsen D Ristic, Manel Sabaté Tenas, Petar Seferovic, Karl Swedberg, Witold Tomkowski, ESC Scientific Document Group, Stephan Achenbach, Stefan Agewall, Nawwar Al-Attar, Juan Angel Ferrer, Michael Arad, Riccardo Asteggiano, Héctor Bueno, Alida L P Caforio, Scipione Carerj, Claudio Ceconi, Arturo Evangelista, Frank Flachskampf, George Giannakoulas, Stephan Gielen, Gilbert Habib, Philippe Kolh, Ekaterini Lambrinou, Patrizio Lancellotti, George Lazaros, Ales Linhart, Philippe Meurin, Koen Nieman, Massimo F Piepoli, Susanna Price, Jolien Roos-Hesselink, François Roubille, Frank Ruschitzka, Jaume Sagristà Sauleda, Miguel Sousa-Uva, Jens Uwe Voigt, Jose Luis Zamorano, Jose Luis Zamorano, Victor Aboyans, Stephan Achenbach, Stefan Agewall, Lina Badimon, Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, Helmut Baumgartner, Jeroen J Bax, Héctor Bueno, Scipione Carerj, Veronica Dean, Çetin Erol, Donna Fitzimons, Oliver Gaemperli, Paulus Kirchhof, Philippe Kolh, Patrizio Lancellotti, Gregory Yh Lip, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Massimo F Piepoli, Piotr Ponikowski, Marco Roffi, Adam Torbicki, Antonio Vaz Carneiro, Stephan Windecker, Naltin Shuka, Hamayak Sisakian, Julia Mascherbauer, Elnur Isayev, Vadim Shumavets, Guy Van Camp, Plamen Gatzov, Jadranka Separovic Hanzevacki, Hera Heracleous Moustra, Ales Linhart, Jacob Eifer Møller, Mohamed Wafaie Aboleineen, Pentti Põder, Jukka Lehtonen, Slobodan Antov, Thibaud Damy, Bernhard Schieffer, Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Robert Gabor Kiss, Arnar Rafnsson, Michael Arad, Salvatore Novo, Erkin Mirrakhimov, Peteris Stradinš, Ausra Kavoliuniene, Andrei Codreanu, Philip Dingli, Eleonora Vataman, Mustapaha El Hattaoui, Stein Olav Samstad, Piotr Hoffman, Luís Rocha Lopes, Doina Ruxandra Dimulescu, Grigory P Arutyunov, Milan Pavlovic, Juraj Dúbrava, Jaume Sagristà Sauleda, Bert Andersson, Hajo Müller, Berto J Bouma, Adnan Abaci, Andrew Archbold, Elena Nesukay

No abstract available

Keywords: Aetiology; Constrictive pericarditis; Diagnosis; Guidelines; Myopericarditis; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis; Pericarditis; Pericardium; Prognosis; Tamponade; Therapy.

Figures

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Figure 1
Proposed triage of pericarditis.
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Figure 2
Therapeutic algorithm for acute and recurrent pericarditis (see text for explanation).
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Figure 3
A simplified algorithm for pericardial effusion triage and management.

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