Pericardium Disorders

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Pericardial diseases are relatively common in clinical practice and may have different presentations either as isolated disease or as a manifestation of a systemic disorder.

Although the aetiology is varied and complex, the pericardium has a relatively non-specific response to these different causes with inflammation of the pericardial layers and possible increased production of pericardial fluid. Chronic inflammation with fibrosis and calcification can lead to a rigid, usually thickened and calcified pericardium, with possible progression to pericardial constriction.

Articles

A Case of Tuberculosis Constrictive Pericarditis with Response to Treatment

Published:

10 April 2024

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2024;3:e09.

Cardiac Involvement Due to COVID-19

Published:

18 October 2023

Citation:

European Cardiology Review 2023;18:e58.

Pericarditis and Myocarditis after mRNA-based COVID-19 Vaccination

Published:

26 July 2022

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2022;1:e17.

Takotsubo Syndrome – Stress-induced Heart Failure Syndrome

Citation:

European Cardiology Review 2015;10(2):83–8