Pericardial Effusion - Causes

Causes

  • Pericarditis
  • Long term usage of cabergoline ingredient (dopamine agonists)
  • Viral infection (coxsackie virus)
  • Infection
  • Inflammatory disorders, such as lupus and post myocardial infarction pericarditis (Dressler's syndrome)
  • Cancer that has spread to the pericardium
  • Trichinosis
  • Kidney failure with excessive blood levels of urea nitrogen
  • Minoxidil
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Heart surgery (postpericardotomy syndrome)

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