Pericarditis
Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium, the thin sac that surrounds the heart. Read on to learn details, such as causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and complications.
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Cardiac MRI
Mass General Imaging provides cardiac MRI services at our sites in Boston and Waltham.
Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Cardio-Oncology
The Massachusetts General Hospital Cardio-Oncology Program provides care at the intersection of heart and vascular disease, and cancer. The program focuses on improving the health of cancer patients and cancer survivors by providing comprehensive cardiac and vascular care.
Open MRI
Mass General Imaging provides Open MRI services at our site in Chelsea.
Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Pericardial Disease Program
Specialists at the Heart Center provide patients with comprehensive and personalized care for constrictive pericarditis, an uncommon but treatable type of heart failure caused by thickening of the pericardial sac that surrounds the heart.
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