CARDIAC RIND Mnemonic for Causes of Pericarditis

C - Collagen vascular disease - SLE, RA, Scleroderma, Vasculitis, etc
A - Aorta - Dissection, Aneurysm
R - Radiation - Chronic or constrictive pericarditis
D - Drugs - Hydralazine, Isoniazid, Checkpoint inhibitors
I - Infections - Cocksackievirus, Tuberculosis, Histoplasmosis
A - Acute renal failure - Uremic pericarditis
C - Cardiac infarction - Post-MI pericarditis
R - Rheumatic fever - Group A Strep complication
I - Injury - Trauma, Iatrogenic (post-surgical)
N - Neoplasms - Primary or metastatic pericardial invasion
D - Dressler's Syndrome - Delayed post-MI pericarditis

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