A case report of self-audible pericardial rub secondary to acute pericarditis from post-pericardiotomy syndrome (pericardial rub tinnitus).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pericarditis is a common pericardial disorder that is frequently accompanied by a pericardial friction rub, which can be detected during a physical examination. Although patients' awareness of cardiac murmurs and vascular bruits has been extensively reported, there are no reports on patients' self-awareness of a pericardial friction rub.

Case summary

We present the first case of a patient with acute pericarditis associated with objective self-awareness of a pericardial friction rub, which we recorded with an electronic stethoscope and confirmed the sound with the patient. The patient had a recent history of three-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting and presented with a progressively worsening, rhythmic, and 'sandpaper-scratching' sound in both ears. The sound w

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10398423 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature