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Acute Pericarditis

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Acute pericarditis is a cardiovascular disease of heart in which there occurs an acute inflammation of pericardium.


Causes-

1.      Tuberculosis.
2.      Viral infection.
3.      Post-myocardial infarction syndrome.
4.      Rheumatoid arthritis.
5.      Systemic sclerosis.
6.      Acute myocardial infarction.
7.      Rheumatic fever.
8.      Hypothyroidism.
9.      Injury.

Symptoms-

1.      Pericardial pain retrosternal in location radiating to shoulders and neck.
2.      Pericardial effusion with or without cardiac tampanode.
3.      Pulsus paradoxus.
4.      Fever, fatigue, chest pain.
5.      Myocarditis.

Investigations-

1.      TLC, DLC tests.
2.      ESR test.
3.      Chest x-ray test.
4.      ECG test.
5.      Echocardiography test.
6.      Diagnostic paracentesis.

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