Sentences with phrase «left ventricle contracts»

This thickening does not allow the valve to close fully, and blood regurgitates backwards into the left atrium when the left ventricle contracts.

When the left ventricle contracts it exerts great pressure to get the blood through the aorta and to the rest of the body.

In mitral valve disease, the valve does not close completely and allows blood to «regurgitate» or partially leak backward into the left atrium each time the left ventricle contracts.

When the left ventricle contracts, blood is pushed into the aorta creating systolic arterial pressure (SAP); then the left ventricle empties, relaxes, and begins to fill again, and aortic pressure falls, creating diastolic arterial pressure (DAP).

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If the amino acid taurine in energy drinks may keep your left heart ventricle contracting too severely, sometimes causing palpitations, anxiety attacks, or other cardiac related issues, then is it really wise to consume them?

Stroke volume is defined as the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle during systole and is a product of preload (the amount of blood entering the heart), afterload (the amount of resistance in the vasculature to the flow of blood from the heart), and contractility (the heart's ability to contract).

The heart muscle has become so thickened that the left ventricle chamber is too small to allow an adequate amount of blood to flow into it (diastole) before it contracts (systole) and perfuses the cells of the body.

For blood to flow correctly, the left atrium must contract to push blood into the left ventricle.

It is characterized by an enlarged and poorly contracting left ventricle.