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Heart Block
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Arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation. When pericarditis accompanies myocarditis, other arrhythmias may be present, such as supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) or complete heart block; Cardiac tamponade; Constrictive pericarditis, where inflamma...
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Prognosis is good. Most people recover within three weeks to several months and do not need any additional treatment.
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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.
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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.
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Cardiac tamponade occurs when the heart is squeezed by fluid that collects inside the sac that surrounds it. The heart is surrounded by a sac called the pericardium.
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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.
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An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate (pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregularly.
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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.
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