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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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Medications Medications are often the first line of treatment for cardiomegaly and can include: ACE inhibitors or ARBs , which help lower blood pressure and reduce the workload on the heart. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) to help manage dangerous heart rhythms.

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

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She was defibrillated and resuscitated. associated typical Myocardial Infarction therapies such as statins and ACE inhibitors with significantly decreased 1 year mortality in MINOCA patients, which suggests that they do indeed have a similar pathophysiology to MI patients with obstructive coronary disease. Lindahl et al.

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