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What is pericarditis. And what are the symptoms of same. What is the heart rate that you have if you have pericardium.
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The heart pump is housed in a sack called pericardium. If it becomes inflamed it is called pericarditis. There may be chest pain of fever. Sometimes heart rate becomes fast, specially when the inflammation causes fluid collection in sac, restricting the filling of heart chambers.
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