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Causes of Heart enlargement

This section discusses 87 medical conditions causing Heart enlargement. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Heart enlargement:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Heart enlargement. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Heart Failure
Hypertension
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Obesity
Diabetes
Smoking
Increased alcohol consumption
Homocystinemia
Previous heart attacks
High cholesterol
High fat diet
Low exercise
Mitral valve disease
Aortic valve disease
Cardiomyopathies
Viral infections
Autoimmune Diseases
Genetic causes
Congenital heart block
Acromegaly
Ischemic heart disease
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sarcoidosis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Polyarteritis nodosa
Rheumatoid arthritis
Chagas disease
Viral myocarditis (type of Myocarditis)
Rickettsial myocarditis (type of Myocarditis)
Duchenne's progressive muscular dystrophy
Friedreich's ataxia
Dystrophia myotonica
X-linked humeroperoneal neuromuscular disease
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Amyloidosis
Hemochromatosis
Cardiac glycogenosis
Polysaccharide storage disease
Tay-Sachs disease
Fabry's disease
Gout
Oxalosis
Mucopolysaccharidoses
Hurler's syndrome
Refsum's disease
Phaeochromocytoma
Thyrotoxicosis
Myxoedema
Cushing's syndrome
Beri-Beri
Kwashiorkhor
Alcoholism
Cobalt
Systemic hypertension
Aortic stenosis
Coarctation of the aorta
Cor pulmonale
Reactive pulmonary hypertension
Chronic thromboebolic pulmonary hypertension (see Pulmonary hypertension)
Pulmonary stenosis
Eisenmenger's syndrome
Carcinoid syndrome
Appetite suppressant (see Poor appetite)
Mitral regurgitation
Aortic regurgitation (see Heart symptoms)
Systemic arteriovenous fistula
Severe anaemia
Congenital heart disease
Persistent ductus arteriosus
Ventricular septal defect
Paget's disease of bone
Erythroderma
Tricuspid regurgitation

Causes of Heart enlargement listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Heart enlargement as a symptom include:

Cardiac failure, low output

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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Heart enlargement:

The following list of conditions have 'Heart enlargement' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Heart enlargement or choose View All.

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1q deletion ... cardiomegaly

B

Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome ... heart enlargement

F

Fucosidosis type 1 ... heart enlargement
Fucosidosis type II ... heart enlargement

G

Gangliosidosis generalized GM1, type 1 ... heart enlargement
GM1 gangliosidosis ... heart enlargement

H

Heart cancer ... Cardiomegaly
Heart failure ... heart enlargement

I

Ischemic heart disease ... Cardiomegaly

S

Sandhoff Disease ... heart enlargement

T

Thalassemia ... heart enlargement

Conditions listing medical complications: Heart enlargement:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Heart enlargement' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

H

Heart failure ... heart enlargement

I

Infantile sialic acid storage disorder ... heart enlargement

L

Lyme disease ... heart enlargement

T

Thalassemia ... heart enlargement

More Information About Heart enlargement

List of 87 causes of Heart enlargement

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Heart enlargement in our database from various sources.