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. 2010 Aug 27;17(6):RA135–RA147. doi: 10.12659/MSM.881800

Table 7.

Cardiac dysfunction.

Structural cardiomyopathies:
  1. Non-compaction

  2. Hypertrophic

  3. Dilated

  4. Arrhythmogenic

Acquired cardiomyopathies:
  1. Critically ill patient

  2. Peri-partum cardiomyopathy

  3. Catecholaminergic: Pheochromocytoma

    • Paraganglioma

  4. Endocrinological: Hyper/hypothyroidism/Thyrotoxicosis

    • Addison’s disease/Adrenal insufficiency

    • Hyperparathyroidism

    • Anorexia nervosa

    • Diabetes

    • Hypertension/Hypotension

    • Hyponatraemia

  5. Autoimmune/Collagen diseases: SLE

    • Rheumatoid arthritis

    • Scleroderma

    • PAN

    • Dermatomyositis

    • Myasthenia gravis

    • Vasculitis

  6. Respiratory disease: COPD

    • Asthma

    • Pulmonary embolism

    • Pneumothorax

    • Cardiorespiratory arrest

    • Smoke inhalation

  7. Neurological disease: Ischaemic/haemorrhagic stroke

    • TIA

    • Subarachnoid haemorrhage

    • Head injury

    • Status epilepticus

    • Surgery for cerebral tumours

    • Neuromuscular diseases

    • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

  8. Drug abuse: Cocaine

    • Opiates

    • Alcohol

  9. Cardiological procedures: Stress test

    • Electrophysiological

    • Pneumopericardium

  10. Renal procedures: Haemodialysis

  11. Anaphylactic disorders

  12. Trasplants: Liver

  13. Drugs: Corticosteroids

    • Chemotherapeutic agents

    • Immunosupressants

    • Antiarrhythmic agents

  14. Anaesthetic procedures and different types of surgery:

    • Thoracic surgery

    • Cardiac surgery

    • Implantation of a permanent pacemaker

  15. Infectious: Endocarditis/myocarditis

    • Sepsis

  16. Tumours