Pericardial effusion types


 * Associate Editor-In-Chief: ; Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S

Transudative

 * Congestive heart failure
 * Myxoedema
 * Nephrotic syndrome

Exudative

 * Tuberculosis,
 * Spread from empyema
 * Malignant effusion

Hemorrhagic

 * Chest trauma
 * Rupture of aneuryms
 * Malignant effusion