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Complications Overview Articles

Pericarditis
Arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation. When pericarditis accompanies myocarditis, other arrhythmias may be present, such as supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) or complete heart block; Cardiac tamponade; Constrictive pericarditis, where inflamma...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 6, 2006
Pericarditis
Pericarditis is an inflammation of the two layers of the thin, sac-like membrane that surrounds the heart. This membrane is called the pericardium, so the term pericarditis means inflammation of the pericardium.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Arrhythmias
An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate (pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregularly.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Arrhythmias
An arrhythmia is an abnormality in the heart ' s rhythm, or heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat can be too slow, too fast, have extra beats, skip a beat, or otherwise beat irregularly.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac tamponade is the compression of the heart that occurs when blood or fluid builds up in the space between the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) and the pericardium (the outer covering sac of the heart.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Cardiac Tamponade
Cardiac tamponade occurs when the heart is squeezed by fluid that collects inside the sac that surrounds it. The heart is surrounded by a sac called the pericardium.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Pericarditis - constrictive
Constrictive pericarditis is long-term (chronic) inflammation of the sac-like covering of the heart (the pericardium) with thickening, scarring, and muscle tightening (contracture. See also: Bacterial pericarditis; Pericarditis; Pericarditis after heart attack.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2008
Heart Block
Heart block refers to a delay in the normal flow of electrical impulses that cause the heart to beat. They are further classified as first-, second-, or third-degree block.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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