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(/* Causes in Alphabetical OrderSailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massach...) |
(/* Causes in Alphabetical OrderSailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massach...) |
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* [[Angina]] | * [[Angina]] | ||
* [[Aortic Regurgitation|Aortic regurgitation]] | * [[Aortic Regurgitation|Aortic regurgitation]] | ||
* [[Aortic | * [[Aortic stenosis]] | ||
* [[Arteriovenous fistula]] | * [[Arteriovenous fistula]] | ||
* [[Beriberi]] | * [[Beriberi]] | ||
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* [[Hypoxia]] | * [[Hypoxia]] | ||
* Mediastinal tumors | * Mediastinal tumors | ||
* [[Mitral | * [[Mitral regurgitation]] | ||
* [[Myocardial | * [[Myocardial infarction]] | ||
* [[Paget's | * [[Paget's disease]] | ||
* [[Pancoast's | * [[Pancoast's tumor]] | ||
* [[Pericardial effusion]] | * [[Pericardial effusion]] | ||
* [[Pericardial tamponade]] | * [[Pericardial tamponade]] | ||
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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