Dressler syndrome

A condition of postmyocardial infarction (1 to 8 weeks), characterised by a set of associated symptom, including malaise, fever, pericardial discomfort, leukocytosis, an elevated sedimentation rate, and a pericardial effusion. Patients with this syndrome usually demonstrate localised fibrous pericarditis containing polymorphonuclear leukocytes.