generalized cardiomegaly on chest radiology
Last reviewed 01/2018
Causes include:
- dilated chambers:
- congestive cardiac failure
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- thickened walls:
- congestive cardiac failure
- hypertensive heart disease
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- pericardial effusion:
- transudate:
- heart failure
- hypoalbuminaemia, e.g. malnutrition, chronic liver disease
- exudate:
- infection, e.g. coxsackie virus, tuberculosis
- connective tissue disease, e.g. SLE
- metastases, e.g. breast, bronchus
- hypothyroidism
- uraemia
- radiation
- blood, e.g. aortic dissection, trauma