Cardiomegaly
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Cardiomegaly is a medical condition wherein the heart is enlarged. It is generally categorized in the following manner:
- Cardiomegaly due to dilation
- Cardiomegaly due to ventricular hypertrophy
- * Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)
- * Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH)
- * Left atrial enlargement
Associations
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- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- hemochromatosis
- anemia
- obesity
- Congestive heart failure, primary or caused by the other conditions listed here
- Chagas' disease
- Coxsackie viral myocarditis
- dilated cardiomyopathy, as in alcoholism or thiamine deficiency
- amyloidosis
- PCOS, as in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
See also
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