| | Definition: | | This is the inflammation of the pericardium. - acute pericarditis: caused by viral or bacterial infection, postmyocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, uremia.
- constrictive pericarditis: the heart is encased by dense, thickened fibrous tissue which impedes the venous filling of the heart
- suppurative pericarditis: caused by bacterial infection
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