Lesson 13 of 20
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Pericardial Disorders
- Congenital pericardial disorders
- Peritoneal-pericardial diaphragmatic hernia
- Pericardial defects
- Pericardial cysts
- Acquired pericardial disorders
- Pericardial effusion
- Transudate or modified transudate (hydropericardium)
- Congestive heart failure (increased hydrostatic pressure)
- Hypoalbuminemia (reduced oncotic pressure)
- Exudate (pericarditis)
- Septic (bacterial, fungal)
- Sterile (idiopathic, uremic, immune)
- Hemorrhagic (hemopericardium)
- Neoplastic (hemangiosarcoma, heart base tumor, lymphosarcoma, mesothelioma)
- Traumatic
- Left atrial rupture
- Coagulopathy
- Idiopathic
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Neoplasia
- Infection (bacterial, fungal)
- Idiopathic
- Pericardial foreign body
- Pericardial mass lesion (with or without effusion or fibrosis)
- Pericardial cyst
- Granuloma (fungal infections)
- Neoplasia