• Cardiomegaly due to dilation
  Dilated cardiomyopathy
  Dilated cardiomyopathy or DCM is a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and enlarged and cannot pump blood efficiently. The decreased heart function can affect the lungs, liver, and other body systems....
  
  
• Cardiomegaly due to ventricular hypertrophy
  Ventricular hypertrophy
  Ventricular hypertrophy is the enlargement of ventricles in the heart. Although left ventricular hypertrophy is more common, enlargement can also occur in the right ventricle, or both ventricles.- Physiology :...
  
  
  • Left ventricular hypertrophy
    Left ventricular hypertrophy
    Left ventricular hypertrophy is the thickening of the myocardium of the left ventricle of the heart.-Causes:While ventricular hypertrophy occurs naturally as a reaction to aerobic exercise and strength training, it is most frequently referred to as a pathological reaction to cardiovascular...
    
     (LVH)
  • Right ventricular hypertrophy
    Right ventricular hypertrophy
    Right ventricular hypertrophy is a form of ventricular hypertrophy affecting the right ventricle.Blood travels through the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries. If conditions occur which decrease pulmonary circulation, meaning blood does not flow well from the heart to the...
    
     (RVH)
  • Left atrial enlargement
    Left atrial enlargement
    Left atrial enlargement or left atrial dilation is a form of cardiomegaly.In the general population, obesity appears to be the most important risk factor for LAE. Also, a study found that LAE can occur as a consequence of atrial fibrillation , although another study found that AF by itself does...
    
    

Associations

• Amyloidosis
  Amyloidosis
  In medicine, amyloidosis refers to a variety of conditions whereby the body produces "bad proteins", denoted as amyloid proteins, which are abnormally deposited in organs and/or tissues and cause harm. A protein is described as being amyloid if, due to an alteration in its secondary structure, it...
  
  
• Anemia
  Anemia
  Anemia is a decrease in number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. However, it can include decreased oxygen-binding ability of each hemoglobin molecule due to deformity or lack in numerical development as in some other types of hemoglobin...
  
  
• Aortic coarctation
  Aortic coarctation
  Coarctation of the aorta, or aortic coarctation, is a congenital condition whereby the aorta narrows in the area where the ductus arteriosus inserts.-Types:There are three types:...
  
  
• Athletic heart syndrome
  Athletic heart syndrome
  Athletic heart syndrome, also known as athlete's heart or athletic bradycardia, is a medical syndrome in which the human heart is enlarged due to significant amounts of exercise...
  
  
• Atrial septal defect
  Atrial septal defect
  Atrial septal defect is a form of congenital heart defect that enables blood flow between the left and right atria via the interatrial septum. The interatrial septum is the tissue that divides the right and left atria...
  
  
• autonomic insufficiency
• Chagas' disease
• Cocaine
  Cocaine
  Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
  
  
• Congestive heart failure
  Congestive heart failure
  Heart failure often called congestive heart failure is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath, leg swelling, and exercise intolerance. The condition...
  
  , primary or caused by the other conditions listed here
• Connective tissue disease
  Connective tissue disease
  A connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology. Connective tissue is any type of biological tissue with an extensive extracellular matrix that supports, binds together, and protects organs...
  
  , e.g. SLE
  Lupus erythematosus
  Lupus erythematosus is a category for a collection of diseases with similar underlying problems with immunity . Symptoms of these diseases can affect many different body systems, including joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, heart, and lungs...
  
  
• Coxsackie viral myocarditis
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
  Dilated cardiomyopathy
  Dilated cardiomyopathy or DCM is a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and enlarged and cannot pump blood efficiently. The decreased heart function can affect the lungs, liver, and other body systems....
  
  , as in alcoholism
  Alcoholism
  Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
  
   or thiamine
  Thiamine
  Thiamine or thiamin or vitamin B1 , named as the "thio-vitamine" is a water-soluble vitamin of the B complex. First named aneurin for the detrimental neurological effects if not present in the diet, it was eventually assigned the generic descriptor name vitamin B1. Its phosphate derivatives are...
  
   deficiency
• Friedreich's ataxia
  Friedreich's ataxia
  Friedreich's ataxia is an inherited disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system, resulting in symptoms ranging from gait disturbance to speech problems; it can also lead to heart disease and diabetes....
  
  
• Gigantism
  Gigantism
  Gigantism, also known as giantism , is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above average...
  
  
• Hemochromatosis
• Hypertensive heart disease
  Hypertensive heart disease
  Hypertensive heart disease is any of a number of complications of arterial hypertension that affects the heart.-Symptoms:* Fatigue* Cardiomegaly* Irregular pulse* Swelling of feet* Weight gain* Nausea* Shortness of breath...
  
  
• Hyperthyroidism
  Hyperthyroidism
  Hyperthyroidism is the term for overactive tissue within the thyroid gland causing an overproduction of thyroid hormones . Hyperthyroidism is thus a cause of thyrotoxicosis, the clinical condition of increased thyroid hormones in the blood. Hyperthyroidism and thyrotoxicosis are not synonymous...
  
  
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease of the myocardium in which a portion of the myocardium is hypertrophied without any obvious cause...
  
  
• Hypoalbuminaemia, e.g. malnutrition
  Malnutrition
  Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess , or in the wrong proportions....
  
  , chronic liver disease
  Chronic liver disease
  Chronic liver disease in the clinical context is a disease process of the liver that involves a process of progressive destruction and regeneration of the liver parenchyma leading to fibrosis and cirrhosis.- Causes :...
  
  
• hypothyroidism
  Hypothyroidism
  Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone.Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of hypothyroidism worldwide but it can be caused by other causes such as several conditions of the thyroid gland or, less commonly, the pituitary gland or...
  
  
• Morquio's Syndrome and other related dwarfism
  Dwarfism
  Dwarfism is short stature resulting from a medical condition. It is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches  , although this definition is problematic because short stature in itself is not a disorder....
  
   diseases
• Obesity
  Obesity
  Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems...
  
  
• Patent ductus arteriosus
  Patent ductus arteriosus
  Patent ductus arteriosus is a congenital disorder in the heart wherein a neonate's ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth. Early symptoms are uncommon, but in the first year of life include increased work of breathing and poor weight gain...
  
   (PDA)
• PCOS, as in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
• Radiation
  Radiation
  In physics, radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through a medium or space. There are two distinct types of radiation; ionizing and non-ionizing...
  
  
• Sickle-cell disease
  Sickle-cell disease
  Sickle-cell disease , or sickle-cell anaemia or drepanocytosis, is an autosomal recessive genetic blood disorder with overdominance, characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. Sickling decreases the cells' flexibility and results in a risk of various...
  
  
• Type II glycogen storage disease (Pompe disease)
• Uraemia
• Myocardial fibroelastosis
• Kawasaki disease
  Kawasaki disease
  Kawasaki disease , also known as Kawasaki syndrome, lymph node syndrome and mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is an autoimmune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It is largely seen in children under five years of age...
  
  
• Pericardial effusion
  Pericardial effusion
  Pericardial effusion is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pericardial cavity. Because of the limited amount of space in the pericardial cavity, fluid accumulation will lead to an increased intrapericardial pressure and this can negatively affect heart function...
  
  
• Tumors of the heart
• Drugs such as sulphonamides and doxorubicin

External links

• American Heart Association
• KomoTV
• The Rev
  The Rev
  James Owen Sullivan , more commonly known by his stage name The Reverend Tholomew Plague, often shortened to The Rev, was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold...