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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Ventricular Failure
LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
• Systemic hypertension
• Valvular heart disease (aortic stenosis [AS], atrial regurgitation
[AR], mitral regurgitation [MR])
• Cardiomyopathy, myocarditis
• Bacterial endocarditis
• Myocardial infarction
• Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
• Valvular heart disease (mitral stenosis)
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Bacterial endocarditis (right sided)
• Right ventricular infarction
BIVENTRICULAR FAILURE
• Left ventricular failure
• Cardiomyopathy
• Myocarditis
• Arrhythmias
• Anemia
• Thyrotoxicosis
• Arteriovenous fistula
• Paget’s disease
• Beriberi
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