In Dressler's syndrome, this occurs several weeks after the initial event.

Dressler's syndrome is named after him.

Dressler's syndrome is largely a self limiting disease that very rarely leads to pericardial tamponade.

Dressler's syndrome is typically treated with colchicine.

Inflammatory disorders, such as lupus and post myocardial infarction pericarditis (Dressler's syndrome)

Dressler's syndrome is also known as postmyocardial infarction syndrome and the term is sometimes used to refer to post-pericardiotomy pericarditis.

It should not be confused with the Dressler's syndrome of haemoglobinuria named for Lucas Dressler, who characterized it in 1854.

Myocardial Infarction (Dressler's syndrome)

In the setting of myocardial infarction, Dressler's syndrome occurs in about 7% of cases, and typically occurs 2-3 weeks post-myocardial infarction.

Dressler's syndrome is a secondary form of pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart or the pericardium (the outer lining of the heart).

Dressler's syndrome needs to be differentiated from pulmonary embolism, another identifiable cause of pleuritic (and non-pleuritic) chest pain in people who have been hospitalized and/or undergone surgical procedures within the preceding weeks.

The causes of pericarditis are varied, including viral infections of the pericardium, idiopathic causes, uremic pericarditis, bacterial infections of the pericardium (e.g., Mycobacterium tuberculosis), post-infarct pericarditis (pericarditis due to heart attack; within 24-hours or if weeks-months after: Dressler's syndrome's).