The human heart is about the size of your fist.
The normal size of a human heart is said to be about the size of your fist. As the size changes for all ages and sizes of organisms.
If the cardiac size is within the upper limits of normal, it means that the heart is still a normal size, but is on the larger size of all normal hearts. There is a range for how big the heart is allowed to be.
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An enlarged heart means that the heart is larger in size than a normal heart would be.
The normal heart rate depends on a lot of things. Age, sex, activity, size and species.
Hold up your hand, now ball it into a fist. That's the size of your heart.
A normal echocardiogram shows a normal heart structure and the normal flow of blood through the heart chambers and heart valves
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Cup both of your hands in front of you and put the little finger edges against each other, and then imagine the heart taking up that space; that is the average size of the heart, depending on the size of the person.
It means that your heart does not need to be remarked about in the medical record regarding its size other than to document that it is normal in size. Those two words put together in normal language may seem rude. It is a precise, scientific phrase and its meaning is not derogatory.
A chest X-ray which is read as having a borderline heartsize is one in which the size of the heart is at the very upper limit of normal. This means that the actual heart size may be normal or slightly increased. If there is a suspicion of increased size based on symptoms, physical exam or EKG, as well as the chest x-ray, an echocardiogram may be performed to determine if it truly is enlarged. Only your physician can decide if this is warranted in your particular case.