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Pericardial friction rub

MedGen UID:
534401
•Concept ID:
C0232267
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Finding
Synonyms: Cardiac rub; Observation of pericardial friction rub; Pericardial fremitus; Pericardial friction; Pericardial friction sound; Pericardial rub; Pericardial Rub
SNOMED CT: Observation of pericardial friction rub (7036007); Pericardial friction rub (7036007); Pericardial friction sound (7036007); Pericardial rub (7036007); Pericardial friction (7036007); Pericardial fremitus (7036007)
 
HPO: HP:0034788

Definition

A pericardial friction rub is a grating, to-and-fro sound that occurs in phase with the heart sounds. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPericardial friction rub

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Acute pericarditis: diagnosis and management.
Snyder MJ, Bepko J, White M
Am Fam Physician 2014 Apr 1;89(7):553-60. PMID: 24695601
Acute pericarditis. Evaluation and treatment of infectious and other causes.
Ross AM, Grauer SE
Postgrad Med 2004 Mar;115(3):67-70, 73-5. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2004.03.1464. PMID: 15038256

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Acute Pericarditis: Rapid Evidence Review.
Peterson TA, Turner SP, Dolezal KA
Am Fam Physician 2024 May;109(5):441-446. PMID: 38804758
Acute pericarditis.
Kytö V, Matti Niemelä M
Duodecim 2017;133(4):391-6. PMID: 29205986
Attempted diagnosis of ventricular mural thrombi in acute mycardial infarction using 125I-labelled fibrinogen.
Erhardt LR, Sjögren A
Acta Med Scand 1976;200(1-2):127-130. doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1976.tb08207.x. PMID: 961466
Cardiac rupture following myocardial infarction.
Jota S, Hagemeijer F
Eur J Cardiol 1975 Aug;3(2):123-7. PMID: 1183463

Diagnosis

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Pediatric Pericarditis: Update.
Shahid R, Jin J, Hope K, Tunuguntla H, Amdani S
Curr Cardiol Rep 2023 Mar;25(3):157-170. Epub 2023 Feb 7 doi: 10.1007/s11886-023-01839-0. PMID: 36749541Free PMC Article
Acute pericarditis.
Kytö V, Matti Niemelä M
Duodecim 2017;133(4):391-6. PMID: 29205986
Acute Pericarditis.
Doctor NS, Shah AB, Coplan N, Kronzon I
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2017 Jan-Feb;59(4):349-359. Epub 2016 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.12.001. PMID: 27956197
Acute pericarditis.
Tingle LE, Molina D, Calvert CW
Am Fam Physician 2007 Nov 15;76(10):1509-14. PMID: 18052017

Therapy

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Acute pericarditis.
Kytö V, Matti Niemelä M
Duodecim 2017;133(4):391-6. PMID: 29205986
Pericarditis.
Rahman A, Saraswat A
Aust Fam Physician 2017 Nov;46(11):810-814. PMID: 29101915
Acute pericarditis.
Tingle LE, Molina D, Calvert CW
Am Fam Physician 2007 Nov 15;76(10):1509-14. PMID: 18052017
Mucor mediastinitis.
Connor BA, Anderson RJ, Smith JW
Chest 1979 Apr;75(4):525-6. doi: 10.1378/chest.75.4.525. PMID: 446151

Prognosis

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Acute pericarditis.
Kytö V, Matti Niemelä M
Duodecim 2017;133(4):391-6. PMID: 29205986
Acute Pericarditis.
Doctor NS, Shah AB, Coplan N, Kronzon I
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2017 Jan-Feb;59(4):349-359. Epub 2016 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.12.001. PMID: 27956197
Acute pericarditis.
Tingle LE, Molina D, Calvert CW
Am Fam Physician 2007 Nov 15;76(10):1509-14. PMID: 18052017
Mucor mediastinitis.
Connor BA, Anderson RJ, Smith JW
Chest 1979 Apr;75(4):525-6. doi: 10.1378/chest.75.4.525. PMID: 446151

Clinical prediction guides

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.
Cremer PC, Klein AL, Imazio M
JAMA 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1090-1100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12935. PMID: 39235771
Erysipelas Complicated with Acute Exudative Pericarditis.
Gečaitė A, Vainalavičiūtė A, Rekienė DE, Jankauskienė L, Naudžiūnas A
Medicina (Kaunas) 2020 Oct 29;56(11) doi: 10.3390/medicina56110571. PMID: 33138010Free PMC Article
Autoimmunity and autoinflammation as the yin and yang of idiopathic recurrent acute pericarditis.
Cantarini L, Lopalco G, Selmi C, Napodano S, De Rosa G, Caso F, Costa L, Iannone F, Rigante D
Autoimmun Rev 2015 Feb;14(2):90-7. Epub 2014 Oct 12 doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.10.005. PMID: 25308531
Acute pericarditis.
Tingle LE, Molina D, Calvert CW
Am Fam Physician 2007 Nov 15;76(10):1509-14. PMID: 18052017
Usefulness of a pericardial friction rub after thrombolytic therapy during acute myocardial infarction in predicting amount of myocardial damage. The TAMI Study Group.
Wall TC, Califf RM, Harrelson-Woodlief L, Mark DB, Honan M, Abbotsmith CW, Candela R, Berrios E, Phillips HR, Topol EJ
Am J Cardiol 1990 Dec 15;66(20):1418-21. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(90)90526-7. PMID: 2123603

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