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Pericardial Diseases

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The pericardium is a fibroserous sac that can be inflamed (acute pericarditis), fill with fluid (effusion → tamponade), or scar down and stiffen (constriction). NEET PG loves the ECG of acute pericarditis, the Beck triad and pulsus paradoxus of tamponade, and the constrictive vs restrictive distinction — master these and most questions fall. The pericardium has two layers: an inner visceral pericardium (epicardium

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