Corticosteroids for Acute and Recurrent Idiopathic Pericarditis: Unexpected Evidences

Table 5

Follow-up data of the population with recurrent pericarditis.

Number of recurrences	1	2	3–4	5	Total
Patients, n (%)	109 (63.8)	43 (25.1)	18 (10.5)	1 (0.6)	171
Prednisone, n (%)	95 (55.6)	36 (21.1)	3 (1.8)	0	134 (78.4)
Prednisone + ASA/NSAIDs, n (%)	14 (8.3)	7 (4.1)	2 (1.1)	0	23 (13.4)
Prednisone + colchicine, n (%)	0	0	13 (7.6)	0	13 (7.6)
ASA/NSAIDs + colchicine, n (%)	0	0	0	0	0
IVIG, n (%)	0	0	0	1 (0.6)	1 (0.6)

Values are n (%). In the lines are listed the treatments of the recurrences and in the columns the n, % of patients who experienced the relative recurrence. IVIG indicates intravenous immunoglobulins.