Membership: The old 15-member Veterans Committee has been replaced by a group comprised of the living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame (60), the living recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award (12), the living recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award (13) and the current Veterans Committee members whose terms have not yet expired (3).
High blood pressure can cause the left ventricle to enlarge, causing the heart muscle eventually to weaken. High blood pressure may also enlarge the upper chambers of your heart (atria). 1  Heart valve disease.
According to the American Heart Association, an enlarged heart develops when the heart muscle thickens and enlarges to accommodate the additional stress, called hypertrophy. The organ increases its cell size because it is difficult for it to pump blood at its normal size.