What causes heart hypertrophy? What is the reason?

Cardiac hypertrophy is a heart disease, which has a great impact on the heart. Generally, when cardiac hypertrophy occurs, you should pay attention to understand the condition. Strictly speaking, severe heart hypertrophy may lead to heart failure and endanger life. What about heart enlargement?

1. The so-called cardiac hypertrophy in general medical reports usually refers to the hypertrophy of the left and right ventricles. If the left and right atria are enlarged, it usually has little clinical significance because the enlargement of a single atrium has little effect on the overall heart function.

2. There are many causes of cardiac hypertrophy, including hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy, congestive heart failure, anterior myocardial infarction, athlete's heart, mitral regurgitation, aortic stenosis, proliferative obstructive cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, cardiopulmonary disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, endocarditis, pericardial effusion, left ventricular aneurysm, mitral stenosis, etc.

3. Since severe cardiac hypertrophy means a high possibility of heart failure, the most important thing is to find out the cause. If necessary, the doctor will arrange a cardiac ultrasound to see if there is heart valve disease and further explore the myocardial function.

46During routine physical examinations, middle-aged and elderly people may occasionally be found to have cardiac hypertrophy on chest X-rays. In fact, the severity of the cardiac hypertrophy can only be determined in conjunction with clinical manifestations, so there is no need to be overly nervous. It is still necessary to visit the cardiology clinic for further evaluation.

5. Cardiac hypertrophy is caused by different diseases (lesions of the heart itself, such as myocarditis, valvular heart disease, hypertension, etc., and diseases other than the heart, such as hyperthyroidism), so it is the result of the disease, not the cause. To treat cardiac hypertrophy, it is necessary to find out the underlying cause and give different treatments for different causes. For example, cardiomegaly is caused by high blood pressure. As long as the blood pressure is controlled to normal, the cardiomegaly will gradually improve. Therefore, we see whether the patient is taking the medicine well and whether the blood pressure is well controlled. We can also use whether the cardiomegaly has improved as the basis for evaluation.