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Let’s hang out at a country music festival to catch some tunes on acute pericarditis, where the heart’s outer lining becomes inflamed, often causing sharp, pleuritic chest pain that improves when sitting up and leaning forward. We explore its common causes like viral infections, malignancies, and postMI complications (a.k.a. Dressler syndrome). We then go into classic exam findings (pericardial friction rub), diagnosis (including what to expect on an ECG), and management (including NSAIDs as firstline therapy for acute idiopathic/viral pericarditis). We also discuss why NSAIDs should be avoided in patients with periinfarction pericarditis.

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