- Pericarditis for any reason that leads to scarring and loss of pericardial elasticity, which causes pericardium to limit filling of the ventricles
- Infection: coxsackie, influenza, bacterial, TB, HIV, acute rheumatic fever, other
- Autoimmune: RA, lupus, scerloderma, other
- Post-MI, idiopathic
- Trauma, post-surgeical
- Post-radiation, cancer
- Meds: hydralazine, procainamide, other
- Metabolic: uremia, hypothyroidism
- Chronic/progressive sob, doe
- Other CHF-type sx: pnd, leg edema
- Abdominal swelling
- Feeling poorly in general
- Jvp rises w/inspiration (Kussmaul's sign)
- Pericardial knock (high pitched sound after S2)
- Lower extremity edema
- Echo
- CT Chest
- Labs, imaging to r/o other etiologies of refractory CHF-type findings