difference btween pericarditis and cardiac tapone - gogeta

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I get this 2 mix up,any help?

[ArchivalUser]

Pericardial diseases or diseases of the heart pericardium is divided into: Perdicarditis and Perdicardial effusions.

Pericarditis is divided into primary and secondary:

1. primary is mainly caused by virus although other organisms can cause (Primary rare)

2. secondary is more often caused by Acute MI, cardiac surgery, radiation to the mediastinum and Uremia which is the most common systemic disorder associated. Less common cause include: SLE, rheumatic fever, and metastic malignancies

Note: all these are inflammatory causes that can result fluid to accumulate in the pericardium.

Pericardial Effusions which are not inflamatory in origin are divided into:

1. Serous: caused by CHF, hypoalbuminemia of any type
2. Serosanguineous: caused by blunt chest trauma such as stab wound and malignancy
3. Chylous: caused by mediastinal lymphatic obstruction

These effusions can also result fluid accumulation in the perivardium.

so what is Cardiac tampobade then? well this is a term used to describe when the heart can't expand anymore due to fluid accumulation in its pericardium, the fluid accumulating around the heart that's in the pericarium will restrict the heart from expanding and functioning correctly. It's like placing the heart in a small jar, smaller than its size then expect to beat, would that we possible, the answer is no? then you can say the heart has experienced "Cardiac tamponade"

I hope this will help.