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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Othopnea is often observed among patients with [[left heart failure]] the causes of which are included in the list below. | Othopnea is often observed among patients with [[left heart failure]], the causes of which are included in the list below. | ||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
* [[Aortic Regurgitation|Aortic regurgitation]] | * [[Aortic Regurgitation|Aortic regurgitation]] | ||
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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.
Common Causes
Causes in Alphabetical Order[1][2]
- 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