Cardiomegaly
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| Cardiomegaly | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | I51.7 |
| ICD-9 | 429.3 |
| DiseasesDB | 30769 |
| MeSH | D006332 |
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
- hypothyroidism
- Morquio's Syndrome and other related dwarfism diseases
- Obesity
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- PCOS, as in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
- Radiation
- Sickle-cell disease
- Type II glycogen storage disease (Pompe disease)
- Uraemia
- Myocardial fibroelastosis
- Kawasaki disease
- Pericardial effusion
- Tumors of the heart
- Drugs such as sulphonamides and doxorubicin
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