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===Causes in Alphabetical Order<ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref><ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref>=== | ===Causes in Alphabetical Order<ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref><ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref>=== | ||
====Left Ventricular Failure==== | |||
=== Left Ventricular Failure === | |||
'''Most Common Causes:''' | '''Most Common Causes:''' | ||
* [[Aortic Regurgitation|Aortic regurgitation]] | * [[Aortic Regurgitation|Aortic regurgitation]] | ||
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* [[Sepsis]] | * [[Sepsis]] | ||
* Superior Vena Cava Thrombosis | * Superior Vena Cava Thrombosis | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Causes
Othopnea is often observed among patients with left heart failure the causes of which are included in the list below.
Causes in Alphabetical Order[1][2]
Left Ventricular Failure
Most Common Causes:
Expanded List of Causes:
- Atrial fibrillation
- Alcoholism
- Anemia
- Angina
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Arteriovenous fistula
- Beriberi
- Cardiac aneurysm
- Cardiomyopathy
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Drugs, toxins
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypovolemia
- Hypoxia
- Mediastinal tumors
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Myocardial Infarction
- Paget's Disease
- Pancoast's Tumor
- Pericardial effusion
- Pericardial tamponade
- Perimyocarditis
- Protein deficiency
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Rupture of the papillary muscles
- Sepsis
- Superior Vena Cava Thrombosis