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

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This may result in ischemia (lack of oxygen to the heart muscle), causing parts of the heart to weaken and enlarge. 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.

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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This suggests further severe ischemia. 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. Downstream vasospasm?

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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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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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