HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY.
ENLARGED HEART IN YOUR DAD'S CASE CAN BE FROM FEW CAUSESLIKE -DIABETES,
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
CARDIOMYOPATHY,CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE,AMYLOIDOSIS,HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN LUNGS(PULMONARY HYPERTENSION),UNTREATED LUNG DISEASES,
PERICARDIAL EFFUSION,EXCESS ALCOHOL AND SMOKING.
ALL YOUR DAD NEED NOW IS AN EARLY 2-DIMENSIONAL
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY OF THE HEART,AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM-ECG,BLOOD LIPID PROFILE,SERUM ELECTROLYTES,COMPLETE URINE EXAM.BLOODSUGAR,GLYCATED HB.
IN YOUR CASE THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES HAS TO BE EFFECTIVELY TREATED.DRUGS LIKE "ACE INHIBITORS" EX; CAPTOPRIL,WILL BE OF IMMENSE HELP AS THEY HAVE GOT TREMENDOUS ABILITY TO TO REVERSE LEFT/RIGHT/BIVENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY OF HEART.
KEEP FOLLOWING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE ON REGULAR BASIS.
CORONARY ANGIOGRAM MAY PROVE USEFUL IN YOUR CASE,GET THIS PROCEDURE IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR CARDIOLOGIST.
CONCLUSIVE OPINION:
REQUIRES FOLLOW UP AT THE EARLIEST.
THANK YOU.