Cardiomegaly

Is the term used to describe an abnormal enlargement of the heart or cardiac hypertrophy. It is a symptom that appears in people with chronic systolic heart failure or various types of cardiomyopathies. The cardiomegaly may affect one or both ventricles or atria. Usually classified as follows: cardiomegaly by dilation, which results from damage that weakens the heart muscle, such as a heart attack. Cardiomegaly by hypertrophy: the most usual is that the hypertrophy of the heart is left, or in severe cases, the entire heart. However, there are certain conditions in which there is an isolated hypertrophy of any of the cardiac chambers.(CARDIOMEGALIA)