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{{SK}} Postmyocardial infarction syndrome; PMIS; post-cardiac injury syndrome
{{SK}} Postmyocardial infarction syndrome; PMIS; post-cardiac injury syndrome
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==Historical Perspective==
==Historical Perspective==
It was first characterized by William Dressler in 1956.<ref name="pmid13306560">{{cite journal| author=DRESSLER W| title=A post-myocardial infarction syndrome; preliminary report of a complication resembling idiopathic, recurrent, benign pericarditis. | journal=J Am Med Assoc | year= 1956 | volume= 160 | issue= 16 | pages= 1379-83 | pmid=13306560 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref><ref name="pmid15539743">{{cite journal |author=Bendjelid K, Pugin J |title=Is Dressler syndrome dead? |journal=Chest |volume=126 |issue=5 |pages=1680–2 |year=2004 |month=November |pmid=15539743 |doi=10.1378/chest.126.5.1680 |url=http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15539743}}</ref><ref name="pmid6728756">{{cite journal |author=Streifler J, Pitlik S, Dux S, ''et al'' |title=Dressler's syndrome after right ventricular infarction |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=60 |issue=702 |pages=298–300 |year=1984 |month=April |pmid=6728756 |pmc=2417818 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid13605300">{{cite journal |author=Dressler W |title=The post-myocardial-infarction syndrome: a report on forty-four cases |journal=AMA Arch Intern Med |volume=103 |issue=1 |pages=28–42 |year=1959 |month=January |pmid=13605300 |doi= |url=}}</ref> It should not be confused with the Dressler's syndrome of [[hemoglobinuria]] named for Lucas Dressler, who characterized it in 1854.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|3982}}</ref><ref>L. A. Dressler. Ein Fall von intermittirender Albuminurie und Chromaturie. Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medicin, 1854, 6: 264-266. </ref>
It was first characterized by William Dressler in 1956.<ref name="pmid13306560">{{cite journal| author=DRESSLER W| title=A post-myocardial infarction syndrome; preliminary report of a complication resembling idiopathic, recurrent, benign pericarditis. | journal=J Am Med Assoc | year= 1956 | volume= 160 | issue= 16 | pages= 1379-83 | pmid=13306560 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref><ref name="pmid15539743">{{cite journal |author=Bendjelid K, Pugin J |title=Is Dressler syndrome dead? |journal=Chest |volume=126 |issue=5 |pages=1680–2 |year=2004 |month=November |pmid=15539743 |doi=10.1378/chest.126.5.1680 |url=http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15539743}}</ref><ref name="pmid6728756">{{cite journal |author=Streifler J, Pitlik S, Dux S, ''et al'' |title=Dressler's syndrome after right ventricular infarction |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=60 |issue=702 |pages=298–300 |year=1984 |month=April |pmid=6728756 |pmc=2417818 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid13605300">{{cite journal |author=Dressler W |title=The post-myocardial-infarction syndrome: a report on forty-four cases |journal=AMA Arch Intern Med |volume=103 |issue=1 |pages=28–42 |year=1959 |month=January |pmid=13605300 |doi= |url=}}</ref> It should not be confused with the Dressler's syndrome of [[hemoglobinuria]] named for Lucas Dressler, who characterized it in 1854.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|3982}}</ref><ref>L. A. Dressler. Ein Fall von intermittirender Albuminurie und Chromaturie. Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medicin, 1854, 6: 264-266. </ref>
==Classification==


==Pathophysiology==
==Pathophysiology==
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==Epidemiology and Demographics==
==Epidemiology and Demographics==
In the setting of myocardial infarction, Dressler's syndrome occurs in about 7% of cases<ref>{{cite journal | author = Krainin F, Flessas A, Spodick D | title = Infarction-associated pericarditis. Rarity of diagnostic electrocardiogram. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 311 | issue = 19 | pages = 1211-4 | year = 1984 | id = PMID 6493274}}</ref>.  Dressler's syndrome was more commonly seen in the era prior to [[reperfusion]], but its incidence has markedly decreased in the reperfusion era, presumably because of smaller infarct sizes <ref name="pmid2643287">{{cite journal| author=Tofler GH, Muller JE, Stone PH, Willich SN, Davis VG, Poole WK et al.| title=Pericarditis in acute myocardial infarction: characterization and clinical significance. | journal=Am Heart J | year= 1989 | volume= 117 | issue= 1 | pages= 86-92 | pmid=2643287 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref>.
In the setting of myocardial infarction, Dressler's syndrome occurs in about 7% of cases<ref>{{cite journal | author = Krainin F, Flessas A, Spodick D | title = Infarction-associated pericarditis. Rarity of diagnostic electrocardiogram. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 311 | issue = 19 | pages = 1211-4 | year = 1984 | id = PMID 6493274}}</ref>.  Dressler's syndrome was more commonly seen in the era prior to [[reperfusion]], but its incidence has markedly decreased in the reperfusion era, presumably because of smaller infarct sizes <ref name="pmid2643287">{{cite journal| author=Tofler GH, Muller JE, Stone PH, Willich SN, Davis VG, Poole WK et al.| title=Pericarditis in acute myocardial infarction: characterization and clinical significance. | journal=Am Heart J | year= 1989 | volume= 117 | issue= 1 | pages= 86-92 | pmid=2643287 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref>.
==Risk Factors==


==Natural History, Complications, Prognosis==
==Natural History, Complications, Prognosis==
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==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
===Diagnostic Criteria===
===Symptoms===
===Symptoms===
The syndrome consists of a persistent low-grade [[fever]], and [[chest pain]] which is usually [[pleuritic]] in nature.  The symptoms tend to occur after a few weeks or even months after [[myocardial infarction]] and tend to subside in a few days.
The syndrome consists of a persistent low-grade [[fever]], and [[chest pain]] which is usually [[pleuritic]] in nature.  The symptoms tend to occur after a few weeks or even months after [[myocardial infarction]] and tend to subside in a few days.


===Physical Examination===
===Physical Examination===
====Cardiovascular Examination====
====Cardiovascular Examination====
A [[pericardial friction rub]], and /or a [[pericardial effusion]] is present.  
A [[pericardial friction rub]], and /or a [[pericardial effusion]] is present.  
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===Laboratory Findings===
===Laboratory Findings===
Elevated [[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate|ESR]].
Elevated [[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate|ESR]].
===Imaging Findings===
===Other Diagnostic Studies===


==Treatment==
==Treatment==
===Medical Therapy===
Dressler's syndrome is typically treated with high dose (up to 650 mg PO q 4 to 6 hours) enteric-coated [[aspirin]].  Acetominophen can be added for pain management as this does not affect the coagulation system.  Anticoagulants should be discontinued if the patient develops a pericardial effusion.  
Dressler's syndrome is typically treated with high dose (up to 650 mg PO q 4 to 6 hours) enteric-coated [[aspirin]].  Acetominophen can be added for pain management as this does not affect the coagulation system.  Anticoagulants should be discontinued if the patient develops a pericardial effusion.  


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#Block the effectiveness of [[aspirin]]
#Block the effectiveness of [[aspirin]]


==2013 Revised ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (DO NOT EDIT)<ref name="pmid23247303">{{cite journal |author=O'Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD, ''et al.'' |title=2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines |journal=Circulation |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2012 |month=December |pmid=23247303 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182742c84|url=}}</ref>==
====2013 Revised ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (DO NOT EDIT)<ref name="pmid23247303">{{cite journal |author=O'Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD, ''et al.'' |title=2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines |journal=Circulation |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2012 |month=December |pmid=23247303 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182742c84|url=}}</ref>=====


===Management of Pericarditis After STEMI (DO NOT EDIT)<ref name="pmid23247303">{{cite journal |author=O'Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD, ''et al.'' |title=2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines |journal=Circulation |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2012 |month=December |pmid=23247303 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182742c84|url=}}</ref>===
====Management of Pericarditis After STEMI (DO NOT EDIT)<ref name="pmid23247303">{{cite journal |author=O'Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD, ''et al.'' |title=2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines |journal=Circulation |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2012 |month=December |pmid=23247303 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182742c84|url=}}</ref>====


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===Surgery===
===Prevention===


==Sources==
==Sources==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammed A. Sbeih, M.D.[2] Phone:617-849-2629; Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]

Synonyms and keywords: Postmyocardial infarction syndrome; PMIS; post-cardiac injury syndrome

Overview

Dressler's syndrome or post myocardial infarction syndrome is a form of pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart as a result of myocardial infarction[1]. Dressler's syndrome typically occurs 2 to 10 weeks after myocardial infarctionit's[2]. This differentiates Dressler's syndrome from the much more common post myocardial infarction pericarditis which occurs between days 2 and 4 after myocardial infarction.

Historical Perspective

It was first characterized by William Dressler in 1956.[3][4][5][6] It should not be confused with the Dressler's syndrome of hemoglobinuria named for Lucas Dressler, who characterized it in 1854.[7][8]

Classification

Pathophysiology

Dressler's syndrome is believed to result from an autoimmune inflammatory reaction to myocardial neo-antigens. It usually occurs within weeks or months of the Infarction due to antiheart antibodies, this begins with myocardial injury that releases cardiac antigens and stimulates antibody formation. The immune complexes that are generated then deposit onto the pericardium and causes the inflamation. The autoimmune response and syndrome may also appear after pulmonary embolism.[9]

Gross Pathology Images

Images courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology

Causes

Differentiating Dressler's syndrome from other Conditions

Dressler's syndrome typically occurs 2 to 10 weeks after a myocardial infarction has occurred[10]. This differentiates Dressler's syndrome from the much more common post myocardial infarction pericarditis that occurs in 17% to 25% of cases of acute myocardial infarction between days 2 and 4 after the myocardial infarction. Dressler's syndrome also needs to be differentiated from pulmonary embolism, another identifiable cause of pleuritic (and non-pleuritic) chest pain in people who have been hospitalized and/or undergone surgical procedures within the preceding weeks.

Epidemiology and Demographics

In the setting of myocardial infarction, Dressler's syndrome occurs in about 7% of cases[11]. Dressler's syndrome was more commonly seen in the era prior to reperfusion, but its incidence has markedly decreased in the reperfusion era, presumably because of smaller infarct sizes [12].

Risk Factors

Natural History, Complications, Prognosis

Diagnosis

Diagnostic Criteria

Symptoms

The syndrome consists of a persistent low-grade fever, and chest pain which is usually pleuritic in nature. The symptoms tend to occur after a few weeks or even months after myocardial infarction and tend to subside in a few days.

Physical Examination

Cardiovascular Examination

A pericardial friction rub, and /or a pericardial effusion is present.

Laboratory Findings

Elevated ESR.

Imaging Findings

Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy

Dressler's syndrome is typically treated with high dose (up to 650 mg PO q 4 to 6 hours) enteric-coated aspirin. Acetominophen can be added for pain management as this does not affect the coagulation system. Anticoagulants should be discontinued if the patient develops a pericardial effusion.

NSAIDs such as ibuprofen should be avoided in the peri-infarct period as they:

  1. Increase the risk of reinfarction
  2. Adversely impact left ventricular remodeling
  3. Block the effectiveness of aspirin

2013 Revised ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (DO NOT EDIT)[13]=

Management of Pericarditis After STEMI (DO NOT EDIT)[13]

Class I
"1. Aspirin is recommended for treatment of pericarditis after STEMI.[14](Level of Evidence: B)"
Class III (Harm)
"1. Glucocorticoids and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs are potentially harmful for treatment of pericarditis after STEMI. [15][16](Level of Evidence: B)"
Class IIb
"1. Administration of acetaminophen, colchicine, or narcotic analgesics may be reasonable if aspirin, even in higher doses, is not effective. (Level of Evidence: B)"

Surgery

Prevention

Sources

  • The 2004 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction [17]
  • The 2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction [18]

References

  1. Hutchcroft BJ (1972). "Dressler's syndrome". Br Med J. 3 (5817): 49. PMC 1788531. PMID 5039567. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Krainin F, Flessas A, Spodick D (1984). "Infarction-associated pericarditis. Rarity of diagnostic electrocardiogram". N Engl J Med. 311 (19): 1211–4. PMID 6493274.
  3. DRESSLER W (1956). "A post-myocardial infarction syndrome; preliminary report of a complication resembling idiopathic, recurrent, benign pericarditis". J Am Med Assoc. 160 (16): 1379–83. PMID 13306560.
  4. Bendjelid K, Pugin J (2004). "Is Dressler syndrome dead?". Chest. 126 (5): 1680–2. doi:10.1378/chest.126.5.1680. PMID 15539743. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. Streifler J, Pitlik S, Dux S; et al. (1984). "Dressler's syndrome after right ventricular infarction". Postgrad Med J. 60 (702): 298–300. PMC 2417818. PMID 6728756. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. Dressler W (1959). "The post-myocardial-infarction syndrome: a report on forty-four cases". AMA Arch Intern Med. 103 (1): 28–42. PMID 13605300. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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  8. L. A. Dressler. Ein Fall von intermittirender Albuminurie und Chromaturie. Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medicin, 1854, 6: 264-266.
  9. Jerjes-Sánchez C, Ramírez-Rivera A, Ibarra-Pérez C (1996). "The Dressler syndrome after pulmonary embolism". Am J Cardiol. 78 (3): 343–5. PMID 8759817.
  10. Krainin F, Flessas A, Spodick D (1984). "Infarction-associated pericarditis. Rarity of diagnostic electrocardiogram". N Engl J Med. 311 (19): 1211–4. PMID 6493274.
  11. Krainin F, Flessas A, Spodick D (1984). "Infarction-associated pericarditis. Rarity of diagnostic electrocardiogram". N Engl J Med. 311 (19): 1211–4. PMID 6493274.
  12. Tofler GH, Muller JE, Stone PH, Willich SN, Davis VG, Poole WK; et al. (1989). "Pericarditis in acute myocardial infarction: characterization and clinical significance". Am Heart J. 117 (1): 86–92. PMID 2643287.
  13. 13.0 13.1 O'Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD; et al. (2012). "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines". Circulation. doi:10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182742c84. PMID 23247303. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  14. Berman J, Haffajee CI, Alpert JS (1981). "Therapy of symptomatic pericarditis after myocardial infarction: retrospective and prospective studies of aspirin, indomethacin, prednisone, and spontaneous resolution". Am. Heart J. 101 (6): 750–3. PMID 7234652. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  15. Bulkley BH, Roberts WC (1974). "Steroid therapy during acute myocardial infarction. A cause of delayed healing and of ventricular aneurysm". Am. J. Med. 56 (2): 244–50. PMID 4812079. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  16. Silverman HS, Pfeifer MP (1987). "Relation between use of anti-inflammatory agents and left ventricular free wall rupture during acute myocardial infarction". Am. J. Cardiol. 59 (4): 363–4. PMID 3812291. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  17. Antman EM, Anbe DT, Armstrong PW, Bates ER, Green LA, Hand M, Hochman JS, Krumholz HM, Kushner FG, Lamas GA, Mullany CJ, Ornato JP, Pearle DL, Sloan MA, Smith SC, Alpert JS, Anderson JL, Faxon DP, Fuster V, Gibbons RJ, Gregoratos G, Halperin JL, Hiratzka LF, Hunt SA, Jacobs AK (2004). "ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction)". Circulation. 110 (9): e82–292. PMID 15339869. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  18. Antman EM, Hand M, Armstrong PW; et al. (2008). "2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: developed in collaboration With the Canadian Cardiovascular Society endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians: 2007 Writing Group to Review New Evidence and Update the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Writing on Behalf of the 2004 Writing Committee". Circulation. 117 (2): 296–329. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.188209. PMID 18071078. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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