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==Abnormal hearts==
==Abnormal hearts==
===Hypertrophy===
Can be by:
*Mass criteria described in a couple of articles from the ''Mayo Clinic Proceedings''.<ref name=pmid3276973>{{cite journal |author=Scholz DG, Kitzman DW, Hagen PT, Ilstrup DM, Edwards WD |title=Age-related changes in normal human hearts during the first 10 decades of life. Part I (Growth): A quantitative anatomic study of 200 specimens from subjects from birth to 19 years old |journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=126–36 |year=1988 |month=February |pmid=3276973 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid3276974>{{cite journal |author=Kitzman DW, Scholz DG, Hagen PT, Ilstrup DM, Edwards WD |title=Age-related changes in normal human hearts during the first 10 decades of life. Part II (Maturity): A quantitative anatomic study of 765 specimens from subjects 20 to 99 years old |journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=137–46 |year=1988 |month=February |pmid=3276974 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Thickness criteria.
Rules of thumb:<ref>KC. 14 October 2010.</ref>
*>400 g is ''often'' abnormal.
*>500 g is abnormal.
*>1.5 cm left ventricle thickness.
*>0.5 cm right ventricle thickness.
===Common patterns===
====Dilated hearts====
Dilated pattern DDx:<ref name=Ref_PBoD602>{{Ref PBoD|602}}</ref>
Dilated pattern DDx:<ref name=Ref_PBoD602>{{Ref PBoD|602}}</ref>
*Hypertensive heart disease.  
*Hypertensive heart disease.  
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*[[Amyloidosis]].
*[[Amyloidosis]].


==Concentric LV hypertrophy==
====Concentric LV hypertrophy====
Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy is a common gross pathologic finding.
Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy is a common gross pathologic finding.


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*Hypertrophic [[cardiomyopathy]] (usually eccentric).
*Hypertrophic [[cardiomyopathy]] (usually eccentric).


==Cardiomyopathy==
==Detail articles==
===Cardiomyopathy===
{{main|Cardiomyopathy}}
{{main|Cardiomyopathy}}
In the land of cardiology... there is a thing called cardiomyopathy.
In the land of cardiology... there is a thing called cardiomyopathy.  This article deals with it. 
 
It includes discussion of ''dilated cardiomyopathy'', ''hypertrophic cardiomyopathy'' and ''arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy''.


==Congenital heart disease==
===Congenital heart disease===
{{main|Congenital heart disease}}
{{main|Congenital heart disease}}
Congential heart disease... a domain of paediatric cardiac surgery and occasionally adult cardiac surgery.
Congential heart disease... a domain of paediatric cardiac surgery and occasionally adult cardiac surgery.


==Tumours==
===Tumours===
{{main|Tumours of the heart}}
{{main|Tumours of the heart}}
These are rare buggers.
These are rare buggers.


==Valvular disease==
===Valvular disease===
{{main|Valvular heart disease}}
{{main|Valvular heart disease}}
This is the domain of cardiac surgery... only seen in hospitals with cardiac surgery.
This is the domain of cardiac surgery... only seen in hospitals with cardiac surgery.


==Endocarditis==
===Endocarditis===
See [[Valvular heart disease]].
See [[Valvular heart disease]].


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