Question:
Anyone have an enlarged heart due to obesity?

If so, did it shrink after losing weight from surgery?    — marcia5000 (posted on February 24, 2009)

February 24, 2009
was told i had a enlarged heart because of being obesity i was 366 at the time of my surgery i year later and it is still enlarged i dont think it will shrink lost so far 170lbs
   — oldpepsilady

February 24, 2009
My husband had an enlarged heart and lost 70 pounds. His heart shrunk and thinned. They say it was thinked due to the enlargement.
   — trible

February 25, 2009
It depends on how significant your heart is enlarged now. Thickened walls can reverse with less s tress on the heart. Dilated walls cannot reverse.
   — cvalent1