Left ventricular enlargement
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Left ventricular enlargement can be the result of a number of condition, including:
- pressure overload
- volume overload
- wall abnormalities
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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/shmoo-sign">Shmoo sign</a></li>
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- 2. Brant WE, Helms C. Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology. LWW. ISBN:1608319113. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1608319113">Read it at Google Books</a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608319113">Find it at Amazon</a><span class="auto"></span>
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Figure 78: Hoffman-Rigler sign
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