- Lower extremity edema
- Rales on lung exam
- CAD→ past MI - most common cause in US
- Chronic svt w/poorly controlled ventricular response
- Long standing and poorly controlled HTN
- Dilated cardiomyopathy: Etiology includes idiopathic; Sx: chf-type
- Infection associated myocarditis: Etiology includes HIV; post viral→ coxscakie, influenza, other; lyme; Chagas; other
- Autoimmune associated: Etiology includes related to Lupus, giant cell myocarditis, other