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Heart Failure Causes, CHF Causes

  • See Also
  1. Medications that Exacerbate Heart Failure
  2. Systolic Dysfunction
  3. Diastolic Dysfunction
  4. Heart Failure Causes
  5. Framingham Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria
  6. Congestive Heart Failure Exacerbation Management
  7. Congestive Heart Failure Exacerbation Decision Rule
  8. Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Score
  • Causes
  • Most common categories
  1. Coronary Artery Disease
    1. Accounts for 60-70% of patients with Systolic Dysfunction
  2. Hypertension
    1. Major cause of Diastolic Dysfunction
    2. High systolic Blood Pressure and high Pulse Pressure are strongly correlated with CHF risk
    3. Incidence
      1. Men: Hypertension Causes 39% of CHF cases
      2. Women: Hypertension Causes 59% of CHF cases
    4. Reference
      1. Chae (1999) JAMA 281(7):634-9 [PubMed]
      2. Grimm (1996) JAMA 275(20):1549-56 [PubMed]
      3. Haider (2003) Ann Intern Med 138(1):10-6 [PubMed]
  3. Valvular heart disease
    1. Primary Valvular disease
    2. Rheumatic Heart Disease
  4. Cardiomyopathy
    1. See specific Cardiomyopathy Causes below
    2. Diabetes Mellitus doubles the risk of Heart Failure
  1. See Secondary Cardiomyopathy
  • References
  1. Hunt (2009) Circulation 119(14):e391-479 [PubMed]
  2. King (2012) Am Fam Physician 85(12): 1161-8 [PubMed]
  3. Senni (1997) Mayo Clin Proc 72:453-60 [PubMed]
  4. (1995) Circulation 92:2764-84 [PubMed]
  5. (1999) J Card Fail 5:357-82 [PubMed]