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

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Heart Valve Disease If one or more heart valves are not functioning correctly, it can cause blood to flow backward, putting extra pressure on the heart, which may cause it to expand to compensate for the inefficiency. Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) , a mechanical pump that helps the heart pump blood more effectively.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

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He was readmitted a few weeks later for a heart failure exacerbation, diuresed, and discharged again. The last information available is that the patient was undergoing heart transplant evaluation. She died before she could get a heart transplant. They just could not believe that a young woman could have an OMI.