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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S.

History and symptoms

Patients may present with the following symptoms:

• Fever
• Chest pain that improves on leaning forward and worsens on inspiration
• Breathlessness
• Dizziness
• Malaise
• Ankle edema

Patients with uremic pericarditis may also present without any symptoms.