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Pericarditis : Complications

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Complications Overview Articles

Pericarditis
Arrhythmias; Cardiac tamponade; Constrictive pericarditis, which may develop into heart failure.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Pericarditis
Prognosis is good. Most people recover within three weeks to several months and do not need any additional treatment.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Pericarditis - constrictive
Constrictive pericarditis is long-term (chronic) inflammation of the sac-like covering of the heart (the pericardium) with thickening, scarring, and muscle tightening (contracture. See also: Bacterial pericarditis; Pericarditis; Pericarditis after heart attack.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2008
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac tamponade is the compression of the heart that occurs when blood or fluid builds up in the space between the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) and the pericardium (the outer covering sac of the heart.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Cardiac Tamponade
Cardiac tamponade occurs when the heart is squeezed by fluid that collects inside the sac that surrounds it.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Heart Block
Heart block refers to a delay in the normal flow of electrical impulses that cause the heart to beat. They are further classified as first-, second-, or third-degree block.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Arrhythmias
An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate (pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregularly.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Arrhythmias
An arrhythmia is an abnormality in the heart's rhythm, or heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat can be too slow, too fast, have extra beats, skip a beat, or otherwise beat irregularly.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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