Heart Enlargement

[chordz]

What combination of drugs will cause heart enlargement? I read somewhere that it takes AAS + HGH for this to happen.

 

[Nucman]

Hypertension

 

[Bulldog_10]

Lots of things hypertrophy your heart muscle. Any drugs that increase your systemic BP or heart rate will most likely cause hypertrophy (cocaine is notorious for this...for obvious reasons).

 

[Nucman]

LVH left ventricular hypertrophy is a dif animal from an enlarged heart, dilated cardiomyopathy. LVH is usually used to describe a thickening of the walls of the ventricle, not necessarily an enlargement of the entire heart. Dilated cardiomyopathy is usually used to describe a global enlargement of the heart, chamber and all. Usually this accompanies a decrease in ejection fraction.

 

[Bulldog_10]

LVH left ventricular hypertrophy is a dif animal from an enlarged heart, dilated cardiomyopathy. LVH is usually used to describe a thickening of the walls of the ventricle, not necessarily an enlargement of the entire heart. Dilated cardiomyopathy is usually used to describe a global enlargement of the heart, chamber and all. Usually this accompanies a decrease in ejection fraction.

Right...but i think he's talking about hypertrophy. Increased systemic BP will also lead to dilation.

 

[mrflexdiesel]

Believe it or not, weight training or athletics in itself can lead to the enlargement of your heart. It's a muscle like anything else and if it has to work harder to force blood throughout your body than it can grow. I know that AAS can accelerate this growth and probably HGH too. I went to the hospital a couple years ago after screwing up my potassium levels real bad getting ready for a show and after doing and EKG the next day the doc told me that my heart was enlarged alot. He did say that in itself this is not dangerous because I had built up a lot of muscle mass, but to keep an eye on it in the future.

 

[chordz]

Even cardio will enlarge it. I think it all depends on how intense you train and the frequency of your training. If a person had an enlarged heart i think going to lighter weights/higher reps and moderate cardio would reverse it. I think the heart adapts to the load put on it so wouldn't changing up your routine help? What do you guys think?

 

[borderbound]

the main problem with an enlarged heart is
if it is a bigger muscle it will need more oxygen to feed it
so if you combine this with unhealthy /clogged arteries now you have a big problem