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Professor Francisco Leyva-León
Professor of Cardiology, Consultant Cardiologist
Little Aston Hospital Priory Hospital The Harborne Hospital One Heart Clinic
0121 580 7151 0121 392 8738 0121 468 1270 020 3983 8001

Breathlessness
Breathlessness (dyspnoea) can be due to a variety of causes. The first causes to consider are heart and lung conditions. Cardiac causes include:
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Disorders of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathies and heart failure)
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Disorders of the heart valves (valvulopathies)
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Disorders of the conducting system (arrhythmias)