Sentences with phrase «decreasing oxygen supply»

The fats contained within also clog the ventricles, decreasing the oxygen supply to the sexual organs and preventing the spleen from creating a sufficient amount of leukocytes (white blood cells), which makes the formation of sperm and eggs difficult.

When water used as a coolant is returned to the natural environment at a higher temperature, the change in temperature impacts organisms by (a) decreasing oxygen supply, and (b) affecting ecosystem composition.

In humans, abnormal and excessive blood vessel growth related to decreased oxygen supply is the most common cause of blindness in premature babies, diabetics, and the elderly.

Cardiac dilation, decreased oxygen supply, and increased oxygen demand secondary to elevated heart rate and ventricular wall stress may predispose to the development of cardiac arrhythmias arising in either the atria (atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia) or in the ventricles (ventricular premature complexes, ventricular tachycardia).

Affected cats are at risk for the following: arrhythmias related to heart muscle thickening and ischemia (decreased oxygen supplied to the muscle), congestive heart failure and feline arterial thromboembolism (clots) related to the left atrial enlargement.

This decreases the oxygen supply to the heart muscle and may result in angina.

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One researcher notes that the supine position (lying on the back) may contribute significantly to hypotension and FHR abnormalities when an epidural is in place.73 Another found that the supine position (plus epidural) was associated with a significant decrease in the oxygen supply to the baby's brain (fetal cerebral oxygenation).74

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But the balance between DVMs and the limited deep - water oxygen supply could be easily upset, Bianchi said — particularly by climate change, which is predicted to further decrease levels of oxygen in the ocean.

When microorganisms decompose this biomass, they thereby consume more oxygen than can be supplied by surrounding waters and thus the oxygen concentration decreases.

Decreased splanchnic blood flow and oxygen supply adversely affects nutrient absorption, motility and the mucosal integrity of the GI tract, resulting in GI complaints.

The tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol in EVOO may decrease the likelihood of cancer cell regeneration by interfering with angiogenesis and lowering the supply of oxygen that would otherwise be available for new blood vessel formation.