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The pericardium may be affected by all kinds of aetiological agents, although specific aetiologies are much more common in clinical practice and may have specific regional changes according to the prevalence of infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis (Table 2.1) [1–9].
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Imazio, M. (2016). Aetiology and Classification of Pericardial Diseases. In: Myopericardial Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27156-9_2
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