Sentences with phrase «lower heart chambers»

Affected cats may have underlying heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle thickens and the lower heart chambers (ventricles) decrease in size (see handout «Cardiomyopathy in Cats» for further information on this type of heart disease).

Wolff - Parkinson - White is a syndrome that results in an abnormal electrical pathway from the upper to the lower heart chambers.

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The procedure involving the MitraClip device repairs a valve between the upper and lower chambers of the left side of the heart, called the mitral valve.

The disruption makes it difficult for the heart's upper and lower chambers to work together, increasing the likelihood of blood to pool and dangerous clots to form.

Special heart cells create electrical signals that cause the heart's upper and lower chambers to beat in the proper sequence to pump blood through the body.

Mark T. Keating and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School wounded the hearts of adult zebrafishes by surgically removing 20 percent of the muscle from the lower chamber.

When the mitral valve malfunctions and does not close all the way, blood flows backward into the upper heart chamber (atrium) from the lower chamber as it contracts.

«Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart's major pumping chamber.»

It electrically connects the upper and lower chambers of the heart.

This AV node electrically connects the upper and lower chambers of the heart.

In AF, electrical impulses in the upper chambers of the heart are chaotic, and the atrial walls quiver rather than contracting normally in moving blood to the lower chambers.

The heart has four chambers, two upper atria, the receiving chambers, and two lower ventricles, the discharging chambers.

In addition to the upper and lower chambers, the heart is also considered to have a right and left side.

MMVD, also known as mitral valve prolapse, is a problem with the improper closure of the mitral valve separating the upper and lower chambers of the left side of the heart.

The mitral valve divides the lower and upper left chambers of the heart.

Heart block in general is the delayed or absent conduction through the atrioventicular node (the communication point between the upper and lower chambers of the heHeart block in general is the delayed or absent conduction through the atrioventicular node (the communication point between the upper and lower chambers of the heartheart).

In a normal heartbeat the atria (upper or filling chambers of the heart) contract and send a signal to the ventricles (lower or pumping chambers of the heart) to contract.

Dilated cardiomyopathy involves the dilation and thinning of the heart's chambers, which can lead to lowered heart function and, eventually, congestive heart failure.

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The left lower ventricle or chamber is powerful and when the mitral valve fails at its job the left ventricles can easily force some of the blood backward back in the left upper atrium or chamber each time the heart beats.

Just like the lower chambers of the heart, they are called ventricles.

In order of prevalence, the major heart problems were pulmonic stenosis (= narrowed vein channel), patent (open) ductus arteriosus, aortic stenosis (= narrowed artery channel) and ventricular septal defect (hole in the heart muscle that separates its two lower chambers).

In addition to the upper and lower chambers, the heart is also considered to have a right and a left side.

Made up of four chambers, the heart's upper half consists of the right and left atria, while the lower portion contains the right and left ventricles.

Dogs have four - chambered hearts just like people; the upper left and right chambers are called the atria and the lower two are called the ventricles.

About 3 % of hounds are diagnosed with VPCs or abnormal heart beats coming from the lower chambers of the heart.

Sometimes, the electrical system of the heart, which is generated in the upper chambers of the heart, does not reach the bottom chambers, leading to an abnormally low heart rate.