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Pericarditis mind map
Pericarditis revision notes
Pathophysiology
Pericarditis causes: viruses, bacterial,
TB
, surgery, radiotherapy, dressler's syndrome,
Rh arthritis
, malignancy
Pericardial constriction: rigid pericardium, TB.
Tamponade: fluid accumulation -> pericardial fluid pressure > RV filling pressure = reduced cardiac filling pressure
Investigations
ECG: global ST elevation, saddle shaped, PR depression, small complexes with effusion
CXR: enlarged heart
Echo
Clinical features
Pericarditis
:
Pericardial rub;
pleuritic pain -worse lying, eased sitting
Constrictive pericarditis:
pericardial knock;
Soft HS;
Right HF: raised JVP, peripheral oedema
Tamponade:
Kussmal's sign; raised JVP on inspiration;
pulsus paragoxus - fall BP on inspiration;
quiet heart sounds;
Hypotension
Management
Pericarditis: NSAIDS, colchicine, steroids, immunosuppression
Constriction: pericardiectomy
Tamponade: pericardiocentesis, pericardial window
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