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enlarged heart

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Noun1.enlarged heart - an abnormal enlargement of the heartenlarged heart - an abnormal enlargement of the heart; "mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes"
cardiomegaly, megacardia, megalocardia
symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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Enlarged hearts labour to get oxygen, and they switch from burning fat to glucose, which can provide energy without oxygen but is less efficient.
How diabetes drugs raise heart failure risk by Asian News International
The 25-year-old said: "One of my relatives was born with an enlarged heart and she was connected to a machine to survive until they could find a heart suitable for transplant.
On their marks; THOUSANDS ALONG THE SCOTSWOOD ROAD TO RUN THE BLAYDON ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Coroner Roger Whittaker said Miss Bretton had, on the balance of probability, died from an enlarged heart with obesity as a secondary cause of death.
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