USMLE/COMLEX - Step 2 - Constrictive Pericarditis
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What are the causes of constrictive pericarditis?
Mnemonic: CARDIAC RINDS
Collagen vascular disease
Aortic dissection
Radiation
Drugs
Infections
Acute renal failure
Cardiac (MI) and Connective tissue disease
Rheumatic fever
Injury
Neoplasm
Dressler syndrome
Surgery
How will patients present?
Dyspnea
Pleuritic chest pain
Cough
Fever
What will be the findings in a patient constrictive pericarditis?
Tachycardia
Elevated jugular venous pressure
Pericardial friction rub
Muffled S1 and S2
Which maneuver(s) worsen the chest pain?
Supine position
Inspiration
Which maneuver(s) alleviate the chest pain?
Prone position
Bending forward