Heart Failure Causes
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Causes of Heart Failure
The leading causes of heart failure are:
Other common causes include:
- Problems with the heart's valves due to:
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Bacterial Endocarditis
- Congenital defects
- Calcium deposits from Atherosclerosis
- High Blood Pressure
- Diabetes
Other less common causes include:
- Cardiomyopathy (weakened, damaged heart muscle from various causes)
- Certain medications
- Abnormal heartbeats ( Arrhythmias )
- Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid)
- Amyloidosis
- Kidney Failure and/or liver failure
- Thiamine ( vitamin B1 ) deficiency
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