What is Pericarditis?

What is Pericarditis?

• Pericarditis: Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart.
• Pericarditis: Inflammation of the pericardium. (Dorland, 27th ed)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Pericarditis: inflammation of the pericardium.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Pericarditis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Pericarditis: Introduction

Types of Pericarditis:

Types of Pericarditis:

• Acute pericarditis
• Infectious pericarditis - caused by a virus, bacteria, or fungal infection of the heart
• Non-infectious pericarditis
• Constrictive pericarditis
• more types...»

Broader types of Pericarditis:

• Heart conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Pericarditis?

Complications of Pericarditis: see complications of Pericarditis

What causes Pericarditis?

Causes of Pericarditis: see causes of Pericarditis

What are the symptoms of Pericarditis?

Symptoms of Pericarditis: see symptoms of Pericarditis

Complications of Pericarditis: see complications of Pericarditis

Pericarditis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Pericarditis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Pericarditis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Pericarditis: see treatments for Pericarditis
Research for Pericarditis: see research for Pericarditis

Society issues for Pericarditis

Hospitalization statistics for Pericarditis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Pericarditis:

• 0.011% (1,437) of hospital consultant episodes were for acute pericarditis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 72% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pericarditis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 47% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pericarditis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 53% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pericarditis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 92% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pericarditis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Pericarditis:

Organs and body systems related to Pericarditis include:

• Heart
• Pericardium

Name of Pericarditis

Main name of condition: Pericarditis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Pericarditis:

• Serous pericarditis
• Fibrinous pericarditis
• Caseous pericarditis
• Hemorrhagic pericarditis
• Pericardiocentesis
• Congestive heart failure purulent pericarditis

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