Causes of cardiac tamponade

Malignant diseases are most common cause

Other causes;

• HIV infection

• Infection - Viral, bacterial (tuberculosis), fungal

• Drugs - Hydralazine, procainamide, isoniazid, minoxidil

• Postcoronary intervention (ie, coronary dissection and perforation)

• Trauma

• Cardiovascular surgery (postoperative pericarditis)

• Postmyocardial infarction ( Dressler syndrome)

• Connective tissue diseases - Systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis

• Radiation therapy

• Iatrogenic - After sternal biopsy, pericardiocentesis, transvenous pacemaker lead implantation or central line insertion

• Uremia

• Idiopathic pericarditis

• Complication of surgery at the esophagogastric junction

• Pneumopericardium (mechanical ventilation or gastropericardial fistula)

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