Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Tuberculosis (A15-A19)»Tuberculosis of heart (A18.84)
A18.84
Tuberculosis of heart
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Pericarditis, Tuberculous3 drugs (2 approved, 1 experimental)
INFLAMMATION of the sac surrounding the heart (PERICARDIUM) due to MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS infection. Pericarditis can lead to swelling (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION), compression of the heart (CARDIAC TAMPONADE), and preventing normal beating of the heart.