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Past medical history and causes of heart failure |
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Past medical history and causes of heart failure
Many different conditions can lead to chronic heart failure with possible overlap between categories. Causes include:
Myocardial disease
Coronary artery disease (most common).
Hypertension
Cardiomyopathies:Familial; Infective; Immune-mediated(for example autoimmune); Toxins (for example alcohol or cocaine); Pregnancy; Infiltrative (for example sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, haemochromatosis, connective tissue disease).
Drugs
including
Alcohol.
Cocaine
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, beta-blockers, and calcium-channel blockers (may worsen pre-existing heart failure).
High output states
Anaemia;
Thyrotoxicosis;
Phaeochromocytoma;
Septicaemia;
Liver failure;
Arteriovenous shunts;
Paget's disease; and
Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency.
Valvular heart disease
(for example aortic stenosis).
Pericardial disease
Constrictive pericarditis
Pericardial effusion.
Congenital heart disease
Arrhythmias
(for example atrial fibrillation and other tachyarrythmias).
Volume overload
End-stage chronic kidney disease; and
Nephrotic syndrome.
Obesity
Contents:
- Detection
- Diagnosis
- Acute Heart Failure: Diagnosis and management
- Chronic heart failure: Management and treatment
- Discharge and follow-up
- Palliative and psychological care
- Digital support
In this section
- Diagnosis - Home
- Signs and symptoms of heart failure
- Investigations for diagnosis
- Past medical history and causes of heart failure
- Natriuretic peptides results - what to do next?
- Heart failure unlikely. What else could it be?
- Assessing severity, aetiology and precipitating factors
- Resources for diagnosis
