What Is Pericarditis?
8. How Do a Heart Attack and Pericarditis Relate to Each Other?
First, it is necessary to stress that pericarditis does not cause a heart attack, especially when treated. However, the condition may result from a previous heart attack. The presumption is that the agitation caused by the initial attack may traumatize the surrounding sac, resulting in inflammation of the tissue.
Also, like with heart surgery, an attack can cause dead heart tissue to enter the bloodstream, which results in an autoimmune reaction. A patient’s immune system attacks or reacts to the pericardium, causing inflammation.
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