Editing Pericarditis (section)

===Physical examinations===
The classic [[medical sign|sign]] of pericarditis is a [[pericardial rub|friction rub]] [[Auscultation|heard with a stethoscope]] on the cardiovascular examination, usually on the lower left [[Sternum|sternal border]].<ref name=mk /> Other physical signs include a person in distress, positional chest pain, diaphoresis (excessive sweating); possibility of heart failure in form of pericardial [[Cardiac tamponade|tamponade]] causing [[pulsus paradoxus]], and the [[Beck's triad (cardiology)|Beck's triad]] of [[hypotension|low blood pressure]] (due to decreased [[cardiac output]]), distant (muffled) heart sounds, and [[Jugular vein distension|distension of the jugular vein]] (JVD). The presence of a triphasic pericardial friction rub on auscultation. A bedside electrocardiogram (ECG) shows widespread concave ST elevation and PR depression throughout most of the limb and precordial leads.