Chest pain in the setting of a recent URI and with the low-grade ST elevation in multiple leads is the classic setting for pericarditis. The scratchy sound is the โpericardial rub.โ Echo will assess for a pericardial effusion (and its size/significance), pericardial thickening, as well as assess for overall cardiac function.
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Chest pain in the setting of a recent URI and with the low-grade ST elevation in multiple leads is the classic setting for pericarditis. The scratchy sound is the โpericardial rub.โ Echo will assess for a pericardial effusion (and its size/significance), pericardial thickening, as well as assess for overall cardiac function.