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What can cause pericarditis?
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Pericarditis: Long list of causes but i will limit to: most common: viral, metabolic (kidney disease - uremic), after myocardial infarction or open heart surgery. Less common: bacterial infection, tuberculosis etc...
Answered 11/27/2019
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