Successful treatment of subacute constrictive pericarditis with interleukin-1β receptor antagonist (anakinra)

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Mar-Apr;33(2):294-5. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Cardiovascular Department, Ca'Granda Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Paediatric Clinic, IRCCS Polyclinic San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Cardiology Department, Maria Vittoria Hospital, Torino, Italy.
⁶ Department of Paediatrics University of Genova, IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy.

PMID: 25664579

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / therapeutic use*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Middle Aged
Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnosis
Pericarditis, Constrictive / drug therapy*
Pericarditis, Constrictive / immunology
Positron-Emission Tomography
Remission Induction
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein