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

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Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) CAD, which involves the narrowing or blockage of coronary arteries due to plaque buildup, can reduce blood flow to the heart. Cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy is a condition that affects the heart muscle, causing it to become enlarged, thick, or rigid. Anticoagulants to prevent blood clots.

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Rise of COVID's JN.1 Sub variant Cases in India in 2023

Wellnest

However, angiograms often reveal no major blockage in the heart’s blood vessels, indicating a different mechanism. Myocarditis symptoms can also mimic a heart attack, and small blood clots may cause pain. It serves as an initial assessment, and an MRI may be considered if other signs of cardiomyopathy are present.

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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

If our valves are leaky then again, a smaller volume of blood is effectively ejected because some leaks back Cardiomyopathies – if the heart muscle itself is defective in some way then that makes it weaker. This includes conditions like familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, familial dilated cardiomyopathy etc.