Constrictive pericarditis causes

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Template:Pericardial constriction Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Causes

Constrictive pericarditis is most commonly caused by conditions or events that cause inflammation to develop around the heart, including:

Less common causes include:

  • Mesothelioma
  • bacterial or viral infection or surgical infections that cause abnormal buildup in the covering of the heart

Sources

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001103.htm

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