[Features of pericardial diseases in elderly persons (literature review).].

The recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), released in 2015, provide limited data on the management of elderly patients with pericarditis. Elderly people are more likely to have pericarditis risk factors such as malignant neoplasms or renal failure. Difficulties in diagnosing pericardial diseases may occur in a group of elderly patients with concomitant coronary heart disease and the development of acute myocardial infarction. In the treatment of pericarditis in elderly patients, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, preferably aspirin, are primarily used. Elderly people are not recommended taking indomethacin. Difficulties of drug treatment may be associated with polypharmacy and cognitive impairment in elderly patients with comorbid diseases. The prognosis in the group of patients older than 60 who have undergone pericarditis is less favorable in comparison with younger persons.