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Heart Failure Causes

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  1. Coronary Artery Disease
    1. Most common cause of Systolic Dysfunction
  2. Hypertension
    1. Major cause of Diastolic Dysfunction
    2. Incidence
      1. Men: Hypertension Causes 39% of CHF cases
      2. Women: Hypertension Causes 59% of CHF cases
    3. Reference
      1. Grimm (1996) JAMA 275(20):1549
  3. Valvular Heart Disease
    1. Primary Valvular disease
    2. Rheumatic Heart Disease
  4. Myocardial Disease
    1. Infectious Myocarditis
    2. Congenital Heart Disease
    3. Toxins
      1. Alcohol
      2. Doxorubicin
      3. Catecholamines
      4. Cobalt
      5. Cocaine
    4. Infiltrative Disease
      1. Cardiac Amyloidosis
      2. Hemochromatosis
    5. Metabolic disorders
      1. Carnitine deficiency
      2. Thyroid disease
      3. Diabetes Mellitus
      4. Thiamine deficiency
      5. Ascorbic acid deficiency
    6. Tachycardia induced systolic failure
      1. Grogan's Syndrome
      2. Atrial Fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate
    7. Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
    8. Cardiomyopathy of overload (High Output failure)
      1. Arteriovenous fistula
      2. Severe Anemia
      3. Paget's Disease
      4. Hyperthyroidism
    9. Peripartum cardiomyopathy
  5. References
    1. Senni (1997) Mayo Clin Proc 72:453
    2. (1995) Circulation 92:2764
    3. (1999) J Card Fail 5:357

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