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pancarditis

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pancarditis /pan·car·di·tis/ (-kahr-di´tis) diffuse inflammation of the heart.
pan·car·di·tis (pnkär-dts)
n.
Diffuse inflammation of the heart.
Pancarditis
Inflammation of the lining of the heart, the sac around the heart, and the muscle of the heart.
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pancarditis
[-kärdī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, pan + kardia, heart, itis, inflammation
an abnormal condition characterized by inflammation of the entire heart, including the endocardium, myocardium, and pericardium.
pancarditis [pan″kahr-di´tis]
diffuse inflammation of the heart.
pancarditis
diffuse inflammation of the heart.
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN HIV In the pre-HAART era (before 1996), the cardiac manifestations of HIV were mainly due to the toxic and inflammatory effects of HIV and included cardiomyopathy, pancarditis and pulmonary hypertension leading to heart failure [7] (Table 1).
HIV, atherosclerosis and inflammation: implications for treatment by Chan, William; Sviridov, Dmitri; Dart, Anthony M. / Journal of HIV Therapy
Those with the fulminant course tend to have abnormal Q waves, ST segment elevation and prolonged QRS duration indicating widespread pancarditis (7).
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