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What would cause leaking through the membrane around the heart?
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Pericardial effusion: I think you are talking about pericarditis or pericardial effusions. Fluid around the pericardium. Can be cause by a variety of conditions. Viral or bacterial disease, after heart surgery and after heart attack, lupus an rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, heart failure, renal failure, hypithyroidism, etc.
Answered 8/9/2017
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