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A nonspecific hypersensitivity reaction caused by TRAUMA to the PERICARDIUM, often following PERICARDIOTOMY. It is characterized by PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; high titers of anti-heart antibodies; low-grade FEVER; LETHARGY; loss of APPETITE; or ABDOMINAL PAIN.
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- Postpericardiotomy Syndromes
- Syndrome, Postpericardiotomy
- Syndromes, Postpericardiotomy
- Postcommissurotomy Syndrome
- Postcommissurotomy Syndromes
- Syndrome, Postcommissurotomy
- Syndromes, Postcommissurotomy
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(65); was see under HEART DISEASES 1965-90
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- National Library of Medicine. Postpericardiotomy Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011185. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011185
- Postpericardiotomy Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpericardiotomy_syndrome
- Postpericardiotomy Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7234096