Question 1

what causes the heart to enlarge?

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Many causes: All very fit athletes have big hearts, which is good, and all fat people have bit hearts which lets them carry the extra weight. The heart bulks like a bodybuidler's biceps when worked extra hard. High blood pressure and anemia are easy to understand, some hearts are malformed with dangerous enlargement as bumps in bad places. Many others. Clinical correlation required!

Question 2

what does heart inlargement mean?

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Heart is bigger: Means that one or more of the heart chambers are dilated (enlarged). Usually from volume overload secondary to a shunt (communication or hole between chambers or arteries), or due to abnormality in the heart muscle (dilated cardiomyopathy). Also long standing anemia, or tachycardia (fast heart rate) can lead to cardiac enlargement. Hope this helps.

Question 3

so double pneumonia can cause the heart to become enlarged?

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No: It takes time for the heart to enlarge. Chronic lung disease can cause pulmonary hypertension with enlargement of the right ventricle and right atrium, but even a severe acute pneumonia won't do this.

Question 4

i'm 24 and 170kgs how does your heart enlarge during pregnacy?

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Normal vs abnormal: Some increase in heart size is normal during pregnancy because blood volume increases 1and half times from pre-pregnancy level. These all return to baseline 6 weeks after delivery. Abnormal increase in heart size associated with weakening of the heart muscle is a rare disease that can develop at the end of pregnancy called postpartum cardiomyopathy. This needs specialized care and follow up.

Question 5

what is the medical tem for enlarged vain from your testical to your heart?

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Unclear: That type of anatomy/physiology doesn't exist. Perhaps you're thinking of an enlarged artery from your heart to to your testicle? This is the aorta which can be aneurysmal (enlarged).

Question 6

how big will my heart enlarge?

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Not sure: Your heart will grow as long as your body growths through the puberty and then will stop. Its size is roughly that of your fist. However, there are health conditions that will cause your heart to expand, but that's nothing to take loosely. It weakens your heart and predisposes you to complications. The larger the worse and it some point it will give just as a stretched gum gives when overstretched.

Question 7

how do you know if you have enlarge heart?

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If this is a concern: For you would discuss with your physician. If medically warranted he or she can refer to a cardiologist to make a formal assessment. Take care.

Question 8

how long does it take for a heart to become enlarged?

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Varies: Severe acute heart problems can lead to an enlarged heart in days. Most chronic heart problems, though, lead to enlarged heart over many months or many years.

Question 9

what does "the heart is enlarged in transverse diameter" mean?

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Big heart: This is a term used by radiologists to describe an enlarged heart on a chest x-ray.

Question 10

if someone has af and they are on:a)rhythm controlb) effective rate controlin these cases would there still be heart damage or enlargement?

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AF AND HEART DAMAGE: AF may result in weakness of the heart muscle- called tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy- if rate control is poor, and person is experiencing frequent or chronic elevations in their heart rate. AF that is controlled with medications is not likely to result in such occurence. More commonly, AF arises as a result of structural heart disease, such as having a leaky mitral valve, or changes due to BP.

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