In many individuals, the cause of pericarditis is unknown but presumed to be a viral infection. Other possible causes include ...

The prognosis of pericarditis is related to the etiology. Patients with nonidiopathic cause have a worse prognosis and event-free survival compared with patients with idiopathic or viral pericarditis.

An MP who was in intensive care after a viral infection to her heart says she will "never underestimate the flu" on her ...

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is caused by reduction in the elasticity of the pericardium resulting in impaired diastolic filling of the heart. All types of CP were thought to be irreversible in ...

Viral infection. Radiation therapy. This occurred frequently in the late 1970s and early 1980s when high doses were given for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Constrictive pericarditis can present decades ...