Enlargement of the heart. Also called megalocardia.
cardiomegaly
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car·di·o·meg·a·ly (kär'dē-ō-mĕg'ə-lē)  |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | I51.7 |
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| ICD-9 | 429.3 |
| DiseasesDB | 30769 |
| MeSH | D006332 |
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)
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