Orthopnea causes

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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.

Left Ventricular Failure

Most Common Causes:

• Aortic regurgitation
• Aortic stenosis
• Hypertension
• Mitral regurgitation
• Myocardial ischemia

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