Sentences with phrase «enlarged right atrium»

Previous studies have revealed that during a race, marathon runners often show evidence of dangerous changes to the heart, including an enlarged right atrium (the chamber that receives oxygen - starved blood from the body) and elevated levels in the blood of enzymes that signal heart damage.

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If severe enough it can eventually lead to an enlarged right heart and regurgitation of blood through the tricupid valve and into the right atrium.

In a similar fashion to the changes to the left atrium with certain left - sided heart diseases, diseases that primarily affect the right side of the heart (e.g. primary pulmonary hypertension, heartworm disease, tricuspid valve dysplasia, pulmonic stenosis) may reduce forward flow of blood into the pulmonary circulation and, again depending on severity, may lead to a build - up of volume and / or pressure within the right atrium which will also try to enlarge to compensate.