Causes
According to a recent article, the most common causes of acute pericarditis include:
- (35%) Neoplastic
- (23%) Autoimmune
- (21%) Viral - adenovirus, enterovirus, cytomegalovirus, influenza virus, hepatitis B virus, and herpes simplex virus, etc.
- (6%) Bacterial (other than tuberculosis)
- (6%) Uremia
- (4%) Tuberculosis
- (4%) Idiopathic
- (remaining) trauma, drugs, post-AMI, myocarditis, dissecting aortic aneurysm, radiation
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