Assertion: cardiomyopathy's heart | /r/HasProperty | enlarged
Facets:
value: significantly
type: DEGREE
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: abnormally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: It may be discovered by accident, for example when a chest x-ray performed to diagnose another condition shows an enlarged heart.
text: An X-ray to check whether the heart is enlarged
text: The heart is enlarged, flabby and heavy.
text: When cardiomyopathy results in a significantly enlarged heart, the mitral and tricuspid valves may not be able to close properly, resulting in murmurs.
text: If a person has the disease, his heart may be abnormally enlarged, thickened and stiffened.
text: These tests are primarily intended to determine whether the heart is enlarged and/or whether the heart’s walls have thickened.
text: Sometimes, a routine chest x ray may show that the heart is enlarged.
text: An echocardiogram might show leaking valves, chambers of the heart that are enlarged, or a reduction in pumping efficiency.
text: This allows us to actually see the heart, determine that it is weak, and many times that the heart is enlarged.
text: Often the fetal heart is enlarged resulting in an increased cardiothoracic circumferential ratio.
text: When cardiomyopathy results in a significantly enlarged heart, the mitral and tricuspid valves may not be able to close properly, resulting in murmurs.
text: Depending on the type of cardiomyopathy, it can cause an enlarged heart or a weakened heart that cannot fill properly or pump blood properly.
text: After a thorough physical examination, the physician may perform the following diagnostic tests if cardiomyopathy is suspected: a chest x-ray to determine whether the heart is enlarged; an echocardiogram to view the size of the heart and the motion as it beats; an electrocardiogram to show disturbances in the heart’s electrical activity to detect abnormal rhythms and areas of injury; cardiac MRI; cardiac catheterization to measure pressure within the heart chambers; or blood tests such as B-type natriuretic peptide, a protein produced in the heart that rises when the heart is subjected to the stress of CHF.
text: Because the heart is enlarged, the heart valves may be unable to close normally and often allow blood to leak back into the heart chamber rather than flowing into the next blood vessel or chamber (called regurgitation).
text: Dilated cardiomyopathy, the most common type of the disease, is characterized by an enlarged heart with stretching of the ventricle (lower chamber) and atrium (upper chamber).
text: Dilated cardiomyopathy is a common type of heart muscle disease that causes an enlarged heart.
text: The purpose of this procedure for restrictive cardiomyopathy is to diagnose whether there is water retention in your lungs and to show if your heart is enlarged.