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Steroid-Dependence Risk Score (Chronic or Recurrent Pericarditis)
Steroid-Dependence Risk Score for (Recurrent) Pericarditis: Explanation and Clinical Context This scoring tool is derived from a prognostic model of patients with recurrent pericarditis that included steroid-dependence among its key variables (age, sex, number of recurrences, etiology, heart rate, pericardial imaging, LVEF, colchicine use, steroid use, DMARD use). The intention is to stratify patients by risk of poor