Introduction to Human Disease: Pathophysiology for Health Professionals 6th Edition by Agnes Loeffler,Michael Hart

Exercise 6

A young adult long-distance runner who has competed in marathons for years has an x-ray done of the chest. It demonstrates an enlarged heart. The heart is most likely enlarged because of
A) physiologic hyperplasia.
B) physiologic hypertrophy.
C) pathologic hyperplasia.
D) pathologic hypertrophy.
E) neoplasia.