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Heart Disease (Expert Forum)
Cardiomegaly
Answered by
Cleveland Clinic - Heart
Cleveland - OH
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Cardiomegaly
by concermom30, Aug 27, 2009 12:47PM
What is Cardiomegaly within infants?? My duaghter is five months old and she has had this awful cough since aug 4th. Recently she was put on Albuterol every 4hrs. The first X-ray showed and enlarge heart so the doctor wanted to repeat the x-ray. Today I was told her heart is still enlarged. Should i be worried..????
Thanks,
Concernmom30
Thanks,
Concernmom30
Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Aug 27, 2009 09:42PM
, Aug 27, 2009 09:42PM
I suspect that if the CXR showed an enlarged heart than she should undergo an echocardiogram to assess the actual chamber sizes. If she does have an enlarged heart, then this may point out some congenital heart abnormalities, some of which affect the RV/LV or both.
