| Mechanism | Generation |
| Cardiac causes | Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy |
| Non-ischaemic LV scar | |
| Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | |
| Dilated cardiomyopathy | |
| Infiltrative cardiomyopathy | |
| Tako-tsubo syndrome | |
| Myocardial infarction | |
| Myocarditis | |
| Mechanism | Impedance |
| Cardiac causes | Pericardial effusion |
| Constrictive pericarditis | |
| Pneumopericardium | |
| Non-cardiac causes | COPD |
| Obesity | |
| Pneumothorax | |
| Pleural effusion | |
| Pulmonary edoema | |
| Pneumomediastinum | |
| Peripheral edoema |
| Mechanism | Generation |
| Cardiac causes | Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy |
| Non-ischaemic LV scar | |
| Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | |
| Dilated cardiomyopathy | |
| Infiltrative cardiomyopathy | |
| Tako-tsubo syndrome | |
| Myocardial infarction | |
| Myocarditis | |
| Mechanism | Impedance |
| Cardiac causes | Pericardial effusion |
| Constrictive pericarditis | |
| Pneumopericardium | |
| Non-cardiac causes | COPD |
| Obesity | |
| Pneumothorax | |
| Pleural effusion | |
| Pulmonary edoema | |
| Pneumomediastinum | |
| Peripheral edoema |
The causes are also divided according to the mechanism, i.e. defect of generation or impedance.
LV, left ventricular.
| Mechanism | Generation |
| Cardiac causes | Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy |
| Non-ischaemic LV scar | |
| Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | |
| Dilated cardiomyopathy | |
| Infiltrative cardiomyopathy | |
| Tako-tsubo syndrome | |
| Myocardial infarction | |
| Myocarditis | |
| Mechanism | Impedance |
| Cardiac causes | Pericardial effusion |
| Constrictive pericarditis | |
| Pneumopericardium | |
| Non-cardiac causes | COPD |
| Obesity | |
| Pneumothorax | |
| Pleural effusion | |
| Pulmonary edoema | |
| Pneumomediastinum | |
| Peripheral edoema |
| Mechanism | Generation |
| Cardiac causes | Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy |
| Non-ischaemic LV scar | |
| Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | |
| Dilated cardiomyopathy | |
| Infiltrative cardiomyopathy | |
| Tako-tsubo syndrome | |
| Myocardial infarction | |
| Myocarditis | |
| Mechanism | Impedance |
| Cardiac causes | Pericardial effusion |
| Constrictive pericarditis | |
| Pneumopericardium | |
| Non-cardiac causes | COPD |
| Obesity | |
| Pneumothorax | |
| Pleural effusion | |
| Pulmonary edoema | |
| Pneumomediastinum | |
| Peripheral edoema |
The causes are also divided according to the mechanism, i.e. defect of generation or impedance.
LV, left ventricular.
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