Western Europe (2007-2012)[1] | Africa (1995-2001)[2] | |
Idiopathic* | 516 (55.3%) | 32 (13.7%) |
Specific etiology | 417 (44.7%) | 201 (86.3%) |
| 85 (8.9%) | 22 (9.4%) |
| 4 (<1.0%) | 161 (69.5%) |
| 25 (2.6%)Δ | 12 (5.2%) |
| 29 (3.0%) | 5 (2.1%) |
* Most idiopathic cases are likely viral.
¶ As a fraction of the entire sample.
Δ Autoimmune pericarditis can be caused by autoimmune disease or as a complication of myocardial infarction (MI) or cardiac surgery. In this table, we only report pericarditis caused by autoimmune disease, while the original paper (Gouriet et al) reports an additional 188 cases related to MI or cardiac surgery.Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?