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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]]. | ||