cardiomegaly
Cardiomegaly
Classification & external resources
| ICD-10 |
I51.7 |
| ICD-9 |
429.3 |
| DiseasesDB |
30769 |
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
It is not always negative; athletes often have enlarged hearts. However, it can often be associated with other serious medical conditions.
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
- Sickle-cell disease
- Type II Glycogen Storage Disease (Pombe disease)
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