Risk Factors

  • Most cases of pericarditis occur in young people between the ages of 20 and 50.
  • Pericarditis is more common in men than women.
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Contact

Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of the CardioVascular Institute
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston , MA  02215
617-667-8800

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