Pericarditis as an interdisciplinary problem. In anticipation of the update of the European Society of Cardiology guidelines

Abstract

Pericarditis is one of the most common forms of inflammatory diseases of the cardiovascular system, diseases that are observed in cardiology, immunology and rheumatology. Anti-inflammatory therapy is the mainstay of treatment for pericarditis. Low recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis for about 10 years, and in 2025, guide their next update. Professor Massimo Imasio, who is a member of the Working Group on Diagnosis and Various Diseases of the Pericardium of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC, European Society of Cardiology) and the Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS, European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery) 2015 and Chairman of the 2025 ESC Working Guidelines on Myocarditis and Pericarditis, gave an interview regarding the most pressing issues in the diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis.

Keywords

• pericarditis
• idiopathic recurrent pericarditis
• immunoinflammatory rheumatic diseases
• colchicine
• interleukin 1
• anakinra