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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
• aortic coarctation
• Chagas' disease
• Coxsackie viral myocarditis
• dilated cardiomyopathy, as in alcoholism or thiamine deficiency
• amyloidosis
• PCOS, as in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Sickle-cell disease
• Type II glycogen storage disease (Pompe disease)
• hypertensive heart disease
• hypoalbuminaemia, e.g. malnutrition, chronic liver disease
• connective tissue disease, e.g. SLE
• uraemia
• radiation
• hyperthyroidism
• Morquio's Syndrome and other related dwarfism diseases
• autonomic insufficiency
• Atrial septal defect
• Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

See also

• cardiomyopathy
• hypertrophy

External links

• American Heart Association
• KomoTV