Pericarditis may be caused by infectious or noninfectious noxa. Most cases are labeled as 'idiopathic' because the traditional diagnostic approach often fails to identify the etiology. Most ...

The prognosis of pericarditis is related to the etiology. Patients with nonidiopathic cause have a worse prognosis and event-free survival compared with patients with idiopathic or viral pericarditis.

The European Commission granted Orphan Drug Designation to ARCALYST for the treatment of idiopathic pericarditis in 2021. KPL-387 is an independently developed, investigational, fully human IgG2 ...