Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the blood vessels that collect oxygen from the lungs. The oxygenated blood is supplied to the rest of the body via the relevant pumping chamber of the heart.
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 doesnât 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.
Bacteria are the most common cause of infective endocarditis, especially streptococci, staphylococci, and enterococci. Although fungi and viruses can cause infective endocarditis, they are not the most frequent cause. Infective endocarditis is caused by infection with microorganisms, not an autoimmune response. A client develops inflammation of the endocardium caused by Staphylococcus aureus.