Pericarditis in Lupus

Eric Dein; Homeyra Douglas; Michelle Petri; Genevieve Law; Homa Timlin

doi:10.7759/cureus.4166

Pericarditis in Lupus

Cureus. 2019 Mar 1;11(3):e4166. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4166.

Authors

Eric Dein¹, Homeyra Douglas², Michelle Petri³, Genevieve Law⁴, Homa Timlin⁵

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, USA.
² Cardiology, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, GBR.
³ Rheumatology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
⁴ Rheumatology, FETCH (For Everything That's Community Health) South Island, Victoria, CAN.
⁵ Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.

Abstract

Pericarditis is a common cardiac manifestation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Serositis is recognized in the ACR, SLICC, and EULAR/ACR classification criteria. We reviewed the prior research regarding the epidemiology, risk factors, presentation, and treatment of pericarditis in SLE.

Keywords: pericarditis; systemic lupus erythematosus.

Publication types

Review