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Table 6. Medical Conditions Provoking or Exacerbating
Ischemia
Increased Oxygen Demand Decreased Oxygen Supply
Noncardiac Noncardiac
Hyperthermia Anemia
Hyperthyroidism Hypoxemia
Sympathomimetic toxicity
(ie, cocaine use)
Pneumonia
Hypertension Asthma
Anxiety Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Arteriovenous fistulae Pulmonary hypertension
Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Obstructive sleep apnea
Sickle cell disease
Sympathomimetic toxicity (ie, cocaine use,
pheochromocytoma)
Hyperviscosity
Polycythemia
Leukemia
rombocytosis
Hypergammaglobulinemia
Cardiac Cardiac
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Aortic stenosis
Aortic stenosis Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy Significant coronary obstruction
Tachycardia Microvascular disease
Ventricular Congenital cardiac anomalies
Supraventricular Shunts
Fistulae
