【专业英语】Cardiovascular System 心血管系统常用词根.pptVIP

PericarditisPericarditisisaninflammationofthemembrane(pericardium)surroundingtheheart.Inmostinstances,pericarditisissecondarytodiseaseelsewhereinthebody(suchaspul-monaryinfection).Bacteriaandvirusescancausethecondition,ortheetiologymaybeidiopathic.Theremaybeaccumulationoffluidwithinthepericardialcavity.Ifaconsiderableamountoffluidispresent,pressureonthepulmonaryveinsmayslowthereturnofbloodfromthelungs.Compres-sionoftheheartbypericardialfluidcancausecardiactamponade.HemorrhageAprofuseescapeofbloodfromthe