Hypertensive heart disease causes enlargement or hypertrophy of the heart that can be detected with echo-cardiography. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can also be readily assessed with this technology (see the chapters Car-diomyopathy and Athlete’s and Sudden Cardiac Death) along with dilated cardiomyopathy, and muscle damage caused by cancer chemotherapeutic agents can be defined. Finally, dissecting aneurysms, myxomas, and other tumors can be easily diagnosed using TEE technology.

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