Left ventricular enlargement

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Left ventricular enlargement can be the result of a number of condition, including:

pressure overload
- hypertension
- aortic stenosis
volume overload
- aortic regurgitation
- mitral regurgitation
wall abnormalities
- left ventricular aneurysm
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Radiographic features

Plain radiograph

Features that may be visible on a chest radiograph include:

left heart border is displaced leftward, inferiorly, or posteriorly
rounding of the cardiac apex
Hoffman-Rigler sign
Shmoo sign

~~-<li><a href="/articles/hoffman-rigler-sign">Hoffman-Rigler sign</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/hoffman-rigler-sign-heart">Hoffman-Rigler sign</a></li>

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Figure 87: Hoffman-Rigler sign

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Figure 32: diagram (frontal)

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Figure 43: diagram (frontal)

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Figure 54: diagram (lateral)

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Figure 65: diagram (lateral)

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Figure 76: Shmoo sign

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