Aetiology of pericarditis
Pericarditis is common. The most common cause is viral - particularly coxsackie viruses.
Other causes include:
- myocardial infarction, including Dressler's syndrome
- pyogenic - pneumonia or septicaemia
- renal failure - severe uraemia
- tuberculosis
- hypothyroidism
- hyperuricaemia
- trauma
- rheumatic fever
- connective tissue disorders - systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis nodosum
- cancer invading the pericardium - breast or bronchus
- endomyocardial fibrosis
- radiotherapy
- post cardiotomy syndrome
- drugs:
- procainamide
- hydralazine
Related pages
- Coxsackie viruses
- Myocardial infarction
- Dressler's syndrome
- Chronic renal failure
- Tuberculosis
- Hypothyroidism
- Hyperuricaemia
- Rheumatic fever
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Breast cancer
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Lung cancer
- Endomyocardial fibrosis
- Post cardiotomy syndrome
- Procainamide
- Hydralazine
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