Pericarditis vs myocarditis (young, positional chest pain, ST elevation)

HIGH-YIELD Appears 5×

Teaching point

Positional pleuritic chest pain (worse lying, better leaning forward) + diffuse ST elevation / PR depression -> acute pericarditis. If ENLARGED cardiac silhouette / heart-failure signs / raised troponin after a viral prodrome -> myocarditis.

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