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How Should Cardiac Enlargement Be Treated?
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...hi.. im daya singh writing from hardwar. my wife had angiography in feb-2009 n thereafter stent was fixed. in dec-2009 while consulting with the doc. and on viewing the x-ray he hinted about the cardiac enlargement but didnt tell me more about it. now again in may-2010 anoither x-ray showed the same condition but now the doc has told me about the seriousness of the condition. im totally devastated sir. i dont know what to do n what not. plz help me.
Mon, 11 Feb 2019
Hello,
Just relax, chest X-rays are not very specific to diagnose cardiomegaly. It’s advisable that you should first get an echocardiogram done for your wife as that will provide reliable information about the size structure and functionality of the heart.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap, Cardiologist
Just relax, chest X-rays are not very specific to diagnose cardiomegaly. It’s advisable that you should first get an echocardiogram done for your wife as that will provide reliable information about the size structure and functionality of the heart.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap, Cardiologist
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