The Most Frequent Causes of Pericarditis
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The Most Frequent Causes of Pericarditis [1]
- (35%) Neoplastic
- (23%) Autoimmune
- (21%) Viral - adenovirus, enterovirus, cytomegalovirus, influenza virus, hepatitis B virus, and herpes simplex virus, etc
- ( 6%) Bacterial (other than tuberculosis)
- ( 6%) Uremia
- ( 4%) Tuberculosis
- ( 4%) Idiopathic
- (remaining) trauma, drugs, post-AMI, myocarditis, dissecting aortic aneurysm, radiation
References
- ↑ Maisch B, Ristic AD (2002). "The classification of pericardial disease in the age of modern medicine". Curr Cardiol Rep. 4 (1): 13–21. doi:10.1007/s11886-002-0121-6. PMID 11743917.