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What can cause tiredness, breathlessness on exertion, and an enlarged heart?

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Congestive heart fai: Those symptoms are consistent with CHF for any of many reasons. Dilated cardiomyopathy, mitral insufficiency, aortic insufficiency are but three of many possibilities.

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Answered 5/15/2015

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