Some new or poorly recognized physical and graphic findings in various forms of pericardial disease.

The eight new items concerning pericarditis (acute pericarditis, acute or chronic pericardial effusion, and constrictive or sero-constrictive pericarditis) were demonstrated based on the clinical observation of 115 patients. Pericarditis, a disease of remote antiquity, still has many fascinating and unrecognized aspects, which will be uncovered by the meticulous observation of the patients.