Pericarditis Rheumatic

Pericarditis is inflammation of the pleura and serosa surrounding the heart. The causative agents of the disease can be very different: bacterial, viral and parasitic agents, most often staphylococci. However, the most common cause is damage to heart tissue by rheumatic microorganisms - streptococci, or beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes. Hence the second name of the disease – rheumatic pericardial pathology. Approximately a quarter of patients are men - from 25 to 40 years old. Similar statistics are observed for the development of heart defects, the frequency of which among children is 7 - 8.4%, among adolescents 6 - 17%. The combination of these pathologies (primary rheumopericarditis + congenital heart disease) significantly increases the risk of complications: myocarditis with cardiac insufficiency, cardiogenic shock, and thromboembolism develop.