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Pericarditis as current complication following acute myocardial infarction, with effusion

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Link to WHO Definition

Pericarditis as current complication following acute myocardial infarction, with effusion – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/237776459

Pericarditis that accompanies pericardial effusion after STEMI. Effusions are more common in patients with anterior STEMI and with larger infarcts and when congestive heart failure is present. The presence of an effusion does not indicate that pericarditis is present; although they may occur together, most effusions occur without other evidence of pericarditis. When effusion is bloody, it is called haemorrhagic pericarditis.