Causes of Pericarditis
List of causes of Pericarditis
Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions
(see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Pericarditis)
that could possibly cause Pericarditis includes:
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Causes of Pericarditis (Diseases Database):
The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Pericarditis
that are listed by the Diseases Database:
Source: Diseases Database
Pericarditis Causes: Book Excerpts
Pericarditis as a complication of other conditions:
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Pericarditis as a complication may,
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Pericarditis as a symptom:
Conditions listing Pericarditis
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Medications or substances causing Pericarditis:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Pericarditis as a symptom.
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may cause your symptoms.
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As with all medical conditions,
there may be many causal factors.
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Causes of Pericarditis: Online Medical Books
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Pericardial friction rub:
Medical causes
(Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
Pericarditis
A pericardial friction rub is the hallmark of acute pericarditis. This disorder also causes sharp precordial or retrosternal pain that usually radiates to the left shoulder, neck, and back. The pain worsens when the patient breathes deeply, coughs, or lies flat and, possibly, when he swallows. It abates when he sits up and leans forward. The patient may also develop a fever, dyspnea, tachycardia, and arrhythmias.
With chronic constrictive pericarditis, a pericardial friction rub develops gradually and is accompanied by signs of decreased cardiac filling and output, such as peripheral edema, ascites, jugular vein distention on inspiration (Kussmaul’s sign), and hepatomegaly. Dyspnea, orthopnea, paradoxical pulse, and chest pain may also occur.
Other causes
Drugs
Procainamide and chemotherapeutic drugs can cause pericarditis.
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Source: Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition), 2006
Myocarditis:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Myocarditis may result from:
❑ bacterial infections — diphtheria; tuberculosis; typhoid fever; tetanus; and staphylococcal, pneumococcal, and gonococcal infections
❑ chemical poisons — such as chronic alcoholism
❑ helminthic infections — such as trichinosis
❑ hypersensitive immune reactions — acute rheumatic fever and postcardiotomy syndrome
❑ parasitic infections — especially South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease) in infants and immunosuppressed adults; also toxoplasmosis
❑ radiation therapy — large doses of radiation to the chest in treating lung or breast cancer
❑ viral infections (most common cause in the United States and western Europe) — coxsackievirus A and B strains and, possibly, poliomyelitis, influenza, rubeola, rubella, and adenoviruses and echoviruses.
Myocarditis occurs in 1 to 10 of every 100,000 people in the United States. The median age for this disorder is 42, and incidence is equal between males and females. Children, especially neonates, and persons who are immunocompromised or pregnant (especially pregnant black women) are at higher risk for developing this disorder.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Pericarditis:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Common causes of this disease include:
❑ bacterial, fungal, or viral infection (infectious pericarditis)
❑ neoplasms (primary or metastatic from lungs, breasts, or other organs)
❑ high-dose radiation to the chest
❑ uremia
❑ hypersensitivity or autoimmune disease, such as acute rheumatic fever (most common cause of pericarditis in children), systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis
❑ postcardiac injury such as myocardial infarction (MI), which later causes an autoimmune reaction (Dressler’s syndrome) in the pericardium; trauma; or surgery that leaves the pericardium intact but causes blood to leak into the pericardial cavity
❑ drugs, such as hydralazine or procainamide
❑ idiopathic factors (most common in acute pericarditis).
Less common causes include aortic aneurysm with pericardial leakage, and myxedema with cholesterol deposits in the pericardium.
Pericarditis most commonly affects men ages 20 to 50, but it can also occur in children following infection with an adenovirus or coxsackievirus.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Pericardial friction rub:
Medical causes
(Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
Pericarditis
A pericardial friction rub is the hallmark of acute pericarditis. This disorder also causes sharp precordial or retrosternal pain that usually radiates to the left shoulder, neck, and back. The pain worsens when the patient breathes deeply, coughs, or lies flat and, possibly, when he swallows. It abates when he sits up and leans forward. The patient may also develop fever, dyspnea, tachycardia, and arrhythmias.
With chronic constrictive pericarditis, a pericardial friction rub develops gradually and is accompanied by signs of decreased cardiac filling and output, such as peripheral edema, ascites, jugular vein distention on inspiration (Kussmaul’s sign), and hepatomegaly. Dyspnea, orthopnea, paradoxical pulse, and chest pain may also occur.
Other causes
Drugs
Procainamide and chemotherapeutic drugs can cause pericarditis.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition), 2006
Endocarditis:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Endocarditis occurs most commonly in I.V. drug abusers, patients with prosthetic heart valves, and those with mitral valve prolapse (especially males with a systolic murmur). These conditions have surpassed rheumatic heart disease as the leading risk factor.
Other predisposing conditions include coarctation of the aorta; tetralogy of Fallot; subaortic and valvular aortic stenosis; ventricular septal defects; pulmonary stenosis; Marfan syndrome; degenerative heart disease, especially calcific aortic stenosis; and, rarely, syphilitic aortic valve. Some patients with endocarditis have no underlying heart disease.
Infecting organisms
Organisms that cause infection differ among patient groups. In patients with native valve endocarditis who aren’t I.V. drug abusers, causative organisms usually include, in order of frequency, streptococci (especially Streptococcus viridans), staphylococci, and enterococci. Although many other bacteria occasionally cause the disorder, fungal causes are rare in this group. The mitral valve is involved most commonly, followed by the aortic valve.
In patients who are I.V. drug abusers, Staphylococcus aureus is the most common infecting organism. Less frequently, streptococci, enterococci, gram-negative bacilli, or fungi cause the disorder. Most often the tricuspid valve is involved, followed by the aortic valve and then the mitral valve.
In patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis, “early” cases (those that develop within 60 days of valve insertion) are usually due to staphylococcal infection. Gram-negative aerobic organisms, fungi, streptococci, enterococci, or diphtheroids may also cause the disorder. The course of the infection is commonly fulminating and associated with a high mortality rate. “Late” cases (those that develop after 60 days) present similarly to those of native valve endocarditis.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Myocarditis:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Myocarditis may result from:
❑ viral infections (most common cause in the United States and western Europe): coxsackievirus A and B strains and, possibly, poliomyelitis, influenza, rubeola, rubella, and adenoviruses and echoviruses
❑ bacterial infections: diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, tetanus, and staphylococcal, pneumococcal, and gonococcal infections
❑ hypersensitive immune reactions: acute rheumatic fever and postcardiotomy syndrome
❑ radiation therapy: large doses of radiation to the chest in treating lung or breast cancer
❑ chemical poisons: such as chronic alcoholism
❑ parasitic infections: especially South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease) in infants and immunosuppressed adults; also, toxoplasmosis
❑ helminthic infections: such as trichinosis
❑ medications: penicillin, ampicillin, hydrochlorothiazide, methyldopa, and sulfonamides (may cause hypersensitivity myocarditis)
❑ autoimmune factors: human immunodeficiency virus (has been shown to directly attack the myocardium)
❑ rejection syndrome: rejection of posttransplant hearts (may cause inflammatory myocarditis).
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Pericarditis:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Common causes of this disease include:
❑ bacterial, fungal, or viral infection (infectious pericarditis)
❑ neoplasms (primary, or metastases from lungs, breasts, or other organs)
❑ high-dose radiation to the chest
❑ uremia
❑ hypersensitivity, systemic disease, or autoimmune disease, such as acute rheumatic fever (most common cause of pericarditis in children), systemic lupus erythematosus, acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome–related disorders, or rheumatoid arthritis
❑ postcardiac injury, such as myocardial infarction (MI), which later causes an autoimmune reaction (Dressler’s syndrome) in the pericardium; trauma or surgery that leaves the pericardium intact but causes blood to leak into the pericardial cavity
❑ drugs, such as hydralazine, nydrazid, phenytoin, and procainamide
❑ idiopathic factors (most common in acute pericarditis).
Less common causes include aortic aneurysm with pericardial leakage and myxedema with cholesterol deposits in the pericardium.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Pericardial friction rub:
Medical causes
(Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
Pericarditis
A pericardial friction rub is the hallmark of acute pericarditis. This disorder also causes sharp precordial or retrosternal pain that usually radiates to the left shoulder, neck, and back. The pain worsens when the patient breathes deeply, coughs, or lies flat and, possibly, when he swallows. It abates when he sits up and leans forward. The patient may also develop fever, dyspnea, tachycardia, and arrhythmias.
With chronic constrictive pericarditis, a pericardial friction rub develops gradually and is accompanied by signs of decreased cardiac filling and output, such as peripheral edema, ascites, jugular vein distention on inspiration (Kussmaul’s sign), and hepatomegaly. Dyspnea, orthopnea, paradoxical pulse, and chest pain may also occur.
Other causes
Drugs
Procainamide and chemotherapeutic drugs can cause pericarditis.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses, 2007
Pericardial friction rub:
Medical causes
(Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
Pericarditis.A pericardial friction rub is the hallmark of acute pericarditis. This disorder also causes sharp precordial or retrosternal pain that usually radiates to the left shoulder, neck, and back. The pain worsens when the patient breathes deeply, coughs, or lies flat and, possibly, when he swallows. It abates when he sits up and leans forward. The patient may also develop fever, dyspnea, tachycardia, and arrhythmias.
With chronic constrictive pericarditis,a pericardial friction rub develops gradually and is accompanied by signs of decreased cardiac filling and output, such as peripheral edema, ascites, jugular vein distention on inspiration (Kussmaul's sign), and hepatomegaly. Dyspnea, orthopnea, paradoxical pulse, and chest pain may also occur.
Other causes
Drugs.Procainamide and chemotherapeutic drugs can cause pericarditis.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms, 2007
Pericarditis:
Pericarditis - pathophysiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Fine deposits of fibrin develop next to the great vessels, leading to altered function of the membranes of the pericardium, including changes in oncotic and hydrostatic pressure with subsequent accumulation of fluid in the pericardial space.
- Effusion is defined as excessive pericardial contents secondary to inflammation, hemorrhage, exudates, air, or pus.
- In postpericardiotomy syndrome, there appears to be a nonspecific hypersensitivity reaction to the direct surgical entrance into the pericardial space.
Pericarditis - etiology
- Infectious:
- Viral: Coxsackievirus, echovirus, mumps, varicella, Epstein–Barr, adenovirus, influenza, human immunodeficiency virus
- Bacterial: Streptococcus, pneumococcus, staphylococcus, meningococcus, mycoplasma, tularemia, Haemophilus influenzae type B, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Listeria monocytogenes, Pasteurella multocida, Escherichia coli
- Tuberculosis, atypical mycobacterium
- Fungal: Candidiasis, histoplasmosis, actinomycosis
- Parasitic: Toxoplasmosis, echinococcus, Entamoeba histolytica, rickettsia
- Rheumatologic/Inflammatory:
- Acute rheumatic fever
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic sclerosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Dermatomyositis
- Kawasaki disease
- Familial Mediterranean fever
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Metabolic/Endocrine:
- Hypothyroidism
- Uremia (chemical irritation)
- Gout
- Scurvy
- Neoplastic disease:
- Lymphoma
- Lymphosarcoma
- Leukemia
- Sarcoma
- Metastatic disease to the pericardium
- Radiation therapy induced
- Postoperative:
- Postpericardiotomy syndrome (after cardiac surgery)
- Chylopericardium
- Other:
- Trauma
- Drug-induced (hydralazine, isoniazid, procainamide)
- Aortic dissection
- Postmyocardial infarction
- Idiopathic
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
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