CARDIAC RIND Mnemonic for Causes of Pericarditis



C - Collagen vascular disease - SLE, RA, Scleroderma, Vasculitis, etc

A - Aorta - Dissection, Aneurysm

R - Radiation - Chronic or constrictive pericarditis

D - Drugs - Hydralazine, Isoniazid, Checkpoint inhibitors

I - Infections - Cocksackievirus, Tuberculosis, Histoplasmosis

A - Acute renal failure - Uremic pericarditis

C - Cardiac infarction - Post-MI pericarditis

R - Rheumatic fever - Group A Strep complication

I - Injury - Trauma, Iatrogenic (post-surgical)

N - Neoplasms - Primary or metastatic pericardial invasion

D - Dressler's Syndrome - Delayed post-MI pericarditis



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