Cardiomegaly differential diagnosis


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Differential diagnosis of cardiomegaly
In alphabetical order.


 * Acromegaly
 * Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
 * Amyloidosis
 * Anemia
 * Atrial myxoma
 * Carcinoid
 * Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 * Congenital heart disease
 * Congestive Heart Failure CHF
 * Cor pulmonale
 * Drugs
 * Endocardial fibroelastosis
 * Epicardial fat pad
 * Fabry's Disease
 * Hemochromatosis
 * Hurler's Syndrome
 * Hyperparathyroidism
 * Hypertension
 * Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 * Hypocalcemia
 * Hypomagnesemia
 * Hypoparathyroidism
 * Hypophosphatemia
 * Idiopathic cardiomyopathy
 * Ischemic heart disease
 * Kyphoscoliosis
 * Marfan's Syndrome
 * Mediastinal mass
 * Myocarditis
 * Normal, "athletic" heart
 * Pompe's Disease
 * Postradiation
 * Pregnancy
 * Primary pulmonary hypertension
 * Pulmonary embolism
 * Renal failure: Acute Renal Failure and Chronic Renal Failure
 * Scleroderma
 * Sickle cell disease
 * Subacute bacterial endocarditis
 * Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
 * Valvular heart disease

Left Atrial Enlargement

 * Atrial aneurysm
 * Infective endocarditis
 * Left heart failure
 * Mitral regurgitation
 * Mitral stenosis
 * Mitral valve prolapse
 * Myxedma
 * Patent Ductus Arteriosus
 * Ventricular septal defect

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

 * Acromegaly
 * Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
 * Aortic coarctation
 * Aortic regurgitation
 * Aortic stenosis
 * Chronic Renal Failure
 * Familial dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 * Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
 * Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
 * Mitral regurgitation
 * Patent Ductus Arteriosus
 * Restrictive cardiomyopathy
 * Thalassemia

Right Atrial Enlargement

 * Atrial aneurysm
 * Atrial septal defect
 * Ebstein's anomaly
 * Pulmonic stenosis
 * Right heart failure
 * Tricuspid prolapse
 * Tricuspid regurgitation
 * Tricuspid stenosis
 * Tumor

Right Ventricular Hypertrophy

 * Atrial septal defect
 * Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 * Cor pulmonale
 * Eisenmenger's Syndrome
 * Left ventricular hypertrophy or Left ventricular dilation
 * Mitral stenosis
 * Pickwickian Syndrome
 * Pulmonic regurgitation
 * Pulmonic stenosis
 * Tetralogy of Fallot
 * Transposition of the Great Vessels
 * Tricuspid regurgitation
 * Ventricular septal defect