Abstracts tagged "Anakinra and cardiovascular disease"

Abstract Number: 1214 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Resistant Or Recurrent Acute Pericarditis: A New Therapeutic Opportunity?
Claire Massardier¹, Claire Dauphin², Romain Eschalier², Jean-René Lusson² and Martin Soubrier³, ¹cardiology, CHU CLERMONT-FERRAND, Clermont-ferrand, Colombia, ²cardiology, CHU CLERMONT-FERRAND, Clermont-ferrand, France, ³Rheumatology, CHU CLERMONT-FERRAND, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Background/Purpose: The treatment of recurrent pericarditis relies on aspirin and/or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, as well as colchicine. Corticosteroid therapy, which is offered in resistant forms,…