what are contributing causes to pericarditis? select all that apply.
In most cases, the reasons for this are unknown. Two of the known causes of chronic effusive pericarditis are tuberculosis and hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland). Diagnosis of pericarditis. Pericarditis is diagnosed using a number of tests including: medical history; physical examination â including listening to the heart through a stethoscope.
Without treatment, constrictive pericarditis can lead to a range of complications including: irregular heartbeat (heart arrhythmia) heart failure; liver damage. Post-heart attack pericarditis. While pericarditis doesnât cause or contribute to heart attack, the injury to cardiac tissue caused by a heart attack can sometimes lead to pericarditis. This is known as post-myocardial infarction (post-MI) pericarditis.