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Pericarditis - Overview

Definición:

Es una afección en la cual la cubierta similar a un saco alrededor del corazón (pericardio) resulta inflamada.

Ver también: pericarditis bacteriana

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La pericarditis generalmente es una complicación de infecciones virales, más comúnmente por ecovirus o virus de Coxsackie y, con menos frecuencia, causada por influenza o infección por VIH.

Las infecciones con bacterias pueden conducir a pericarditis (también llamada pericarditis purulenta). Algunas infecciones micóticas también pueden producir pericarditis.

Además, la pericarditis también puede estar asociada con enfermedades como:

Otras causas abarcan:

Con frecuencia, se desconoce la causa de la pericarditis, en cuyo caso recibe el nombre de pericarditis idiopática.

La pericarditis afecta con más frecuencia a los hombres entre los 20 y 50 años de edad y generalmente sigue a infecciones respiratorias. En los niños, es causada con mayor frecuencia por el adenovirus o virus de Coxsackie.

  • Reviewed last on: 5/4/2010
  • Issam Mikati, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

LeWinter MM. Pericardial diseases. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 70.

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