Hypertrophy of heart is defined as increase insize & weight of the myocardium.
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It generally results from increase pressure loadwhile increase volume load in hypertrophy withdialatation of the affected chamber due toregurgitation of the blood through incompetentvalves
It appears that streching of myocardialfibres in response to stress induces thecells to increase in length
Others stimulating factors are anoxia,influence of certain hormones ( CA s ,Pituitatry growth hormone
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