Valve replacement is a treatment for aortic stenosis, which is narrowing of the valve between the main pumping chamber of the heart and the aorta, the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. (sciencedaily.com)
It is a disease of the ventricle, which is the main pumping chamber of the heart. (animalso.com)
A study of 766 otherwise healthy adolescents showed that those who consumed the least vitamin K1 — found in spinach, cabbage, iceberg lettuce and olive oil — were at 3.3 times greater risk for an unhealthy enlargement of the major pumping chamber of their heart, according to the study published in The Journal of Nutrition. (sciencedaily.com)