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Abstract
Enlargement of the HEART, usually indicated by a cardiothoracic ratio above 0.50. Heart enlargement may involve the right, the left, or both HEART VENTRICLES or HEART ATRIA. Cardiomegaly is a nonspecific symptom seen in patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HEART FAILURE) or several forms of CARDIOMYOPATHIES.
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- Enlarged Heart
- Heart Enlargement
- Enlargement, Heart
- Heart, Enlarged
- Cardiac Hypertrophy
- Heart Hypertrophy
- Cardiac Hypertrophies
- Heart Hypertrophies
- Hypertrophies, Cardiac
- Hypertrophies, Heart
- Hypertrophy, Cardiac
- Hypertrophy, Heart
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified; prefer HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR or HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; note entry term CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY: do not confuse with CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CARDIOMEGALY, EXERCISE-INDUCED is also available
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2000(1963)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cardiomegaly. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006332. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006332
- Cardiomegaly. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiomegaly
- Cardiomegaly. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1729124