Can heart enlargement recover slowly?

Whether heart enlargement can recover slowly depends on the circumstances.

Cardiac enlargement refers to atrial and ventricular enlargement detected on imaging. If it is caused by factors such as alcoholic cardiomyopathy or acute valvular disease, and the degree is small, aggressive treatment may recover slowly. However, if the patient has a significant cardiac enlargement, or if the patient has a cardiac enlargement caused by factors such as hypertension or coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, it may not recover slowly.

Healthy lifestyle has a positive impact on heart recovery, including moderate aerobic exercise, reasonable diet, smoking cessation, and alcohol restriction.