Added to
Favorites
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Log In
Sign Up
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Related Searches
Cardiomegaly and cau...
Signs and symptoms o...
Pathophysiology of c...
Mild cardiomegaly
Cardiomegaly dangero...
Cardiomegaly xray
Complications of car...
History of cardiomeg...
Enlarged heart
Cardiomyopathy
Congestive heart fai...
Coronary artery dise...
Definitions
cardiomegaly
Nearby Words
Cardioglossa sc...
Cardioglossa tr...
Cardioglossa ve...
Cardiognosis
Cardiografin
Cardiographic t...
Cardiography, i...
Cardioid
Cardioid articl...
Cardioid proofs
Cardioid/Proofs
Cardioids
Cardiol Rev
Cardiola
Cardiolipin
Cardiolipins
Cardiolite
Cardiologist
Cardiologists
Cardiology diag...
Cardiomegaly
Cardiomyocyte
Cardiomyocytes
Cardiomyopathie...
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy ...
Cardiomyopathy,...
Cardiomyopathy,...
Cardiomyopathy,...
Cardiomyopathy,...
Cardiomyopathy-...
Cardiomyoplasty
Cardiomyotomy
Cardionema ramo...
Cardiopharynx
Cardiopharynx s...
Cardioplegia
Cardioplegic so...
Cardiopteridace...
Cardiopulmonary
Cardiopulmonary...
Related Questions
What is cardiomegaly?
Cardiomegaly
Ads
Cardiomegaly
Treatment
www.ask.com/
Cardiomegaly
+Treatment
Over 100 Million Visitors. Discover and Explore on Ask.com!
What Is
Cardiomegaly
www.about.com/What+Is+
Cardiomegaly
What Is
Cardiomegaly
Info. Research now on About.com.
Cardiomegaly
Diagnosis
medical.webcrawler.com/
Search for
Cardiomegaly
Diagnosis w/ 100's of Results at WebCrawler
Cardiomegaly
[
kahr-dee-oh-
meg
-
uh
-lee
]
Show IPA
/
ˌkɑr
di
oʊˈmɛg
ə
li
/
Show Spelled
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
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
See also
cardiomyopathy
hypertrophy
External links
American Heart Association
KomoTV
Distinctions
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006
Wikipedia contributors
(
Disclaimer
)
This article is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
.
Last updated on Sunday August 17, 2008 at 15:05:36 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org
-
Edit this article at Wikipedia.org
-
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
Related Articles
Research conducted at Leiden University has updated our knowledge about cardiomegaly.(Clinical report)
Apr 14, 2008;
"Objectives To evaluate the influence of fetoscopic laser therapy on fetal cardiac size in monochorionic twins complicated by...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Study Findings on Cardiomegaly Are Outlined in Reports from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Nephrology.(Report)
Mar 12, 2011;
A new study, 'Cardiothoracic ratio association with mortality in patients on maintenance peritoneal dialysis,' is now available....
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Studies from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital provide new data on cardiomegaly.(Report)
Aug 03, 2009;
"This study investigates diabetic patients oil maintenance hemodialysis (HD), and examines whether cardiothoracic ratio (CTR),...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
New cardiomegaly genetics research from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Medical Research Institute described.(Report)
Feb 11, 2008;
Fresh data on
cardiomegaly
are presented in the report 'Interaction of BMP10 with Tcap may modulate the course of...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Data on cardiomegaly prevention published by investigators at Chonnam National University, Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation.
Mar 29, 2010;
Scientists discuss in 'Kruppel-like factor 4 mediates histone deacetylase inhibitor-induced prevention of cardiac hypertrophy'...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
HighBeam Research, Inc. © Copyright 2009.
Search
another word
or see
cardiomegaly
on
Dictionary
|
Thesaurus
|
Spanish
»
Confusing Words
»
School gear
»
Style guide
»
Literary terms
Style guide
Confusing words
Word of the Day
Free tools
Blog
Games
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Home Advisor
Copyright ©
2013 Dictionary.com, LLC
. All rights reserved.
About
PRIVACY POLICY
Terms
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Suggest a Word
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT