Is left ventricular enlargement serious?

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2025-05-22 18:09:27 Views: 76 times

Left ventricular enlargement is left ventricular enlargement, left ventricular enlargement is not necessarily serious, need to be judged according to specific circumstances.

Is left ventricular enlargement serious?

Left ventricular enlargement is generally due to hypertension, coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy and other diseases, if left ventricular enlargement but ejection fraction is normal, and does not affect cardiac function, it is generally not serious, patients do not need to worry too much. However, if left ventricular enlargement accompanied by ejection fraction decline, leading to left ventricular function decline, it is more serious.

It is recommended that patients with left ventricular enlargement should see a doctor in time, and at the same time change bad habits, daily diet should also be low salt, low fat based.



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