FAMILIAL CARDIOMEGALY

[Familial cardiomegaly].

In 1949 William Evans gave the name of familial cardiomegaly to what he believed to be a "distinct syndrome having a definite clinical, cardiographic, and pathological pattern." The essential features were the familial incidence of cardiomegaly without obvious cause and a marked tendency to arrhythmia and heart block with associated palpitation, giddiness, and syncope. Death may be sudden or ra...

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Familial cardiomegaly.

In 1949 William Evans gave the name of familial cardiomegaly to what he believed to be a "distinct syndrome having a definite clinical, cardiographic, and pathological pattern." The essential features were the familial incidence of cardiomegaly without obvious cause and a marked tendency to arrhythmia and heart block with associated palpitation, giddiness, and syncope. Death may be sudden or ra...

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Familial idiopathic cardiomegaly.

AMONG CAUSES of cardiac enlargement Of obscure origin that confront the clinician and pathologist alike are subendocardial fibroelastosis, inflammatory myocardiopathies, glycogen-storage disease, amyloidosis, muscular subaortic stenosis,' asymmetrical hypertrophy of the heart,2 idiopathic myocardiopathy,3 and familial cardiomegaly. Familial cardiomegaly, originally named in 1949 by Evans,4 has ...

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Familial Idiopathic Cardiomegaly By WAYNE

AMONG CAUSES of cardiac enlargement Of obscure origin that confront the clinician and pathologist alike are subendocardial fibroelastosis, inflammatory myocardiopathies, glycogen-storage disease, amyloidosis, muscular subaortic stenosis,' asymmetrical hypertrophy of the heart,2 idiopathic myocardiopathy,3 and familial cardiomegaly. Familial cardiomegaly, originally named in 1949 by Evans,4 has ...

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Cardiomegaly in tropical Africa.

The term "cardiomegaly" is found in 5-7% of chest X-ray film evaluations in tropical Africa. However, "cardiomegaly" is a descriptive term, devoid of any aetiological meaning. Therefore, providing information about the aetiological factors leading to heart enlargement in a group of Africans (Nigerians) was the purpose of this study. In the years 2002-2011, 170 subjects (aged 17-80 years, mean a...

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