Introduction
pericardial inflammation, chest pain, RP
PERICARDIAL EFFUSION, DISEASE, RECURRENT PERICARDITIS
Recurrent pericarditis (RP) is a debilitating disease with autoinflammation being one of the possible underlying pathogenic mechanisms. RP is characterised by repeated episodes of pericardial inflammation causing chest pain, ECG changes and pericardial effusion.The cytokine interleukin (IL) 1 is a key mediator in the inflammatory processes involved in RP.