Sentences with phrase «thicker ventricle»

A thicker ventricle can generate more force for delivery of blood and oxygen as well.

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The findings could have an impact on the tests and measurements that physicians rely on to diagnose and treat two heart conditions: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick, and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, in which the heart's ability to pump blood decreases as the organ's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged and its muscle thinned.

The walls can even get so thick that the ventricle chamber is greatly reduced in size, and therefore only a small amount of blood can be pumped with each contraction.

However, with VHD, degenerative changes in the valve between the atrium and the ventricle cause it to become thick and distorted.

In this condition, the walls of the left ventricle — the heart chamber responsible for pumping blood out through the aorta — become progressively thicker.

The left ventricle grows thicker than normal, causing a wide range of breathing problems and depression.

Degeneration of the atrioventricular valves renders the leaflets thicker and irregular, leading to insufficient coaptation of the leaflets and regurgitation of blood with accompanying enlargement of the atria and ventricles.

The ventricles have a much thicker muscular wall compared to the atria as the right and left ventricles function to pump blood to the lungs and the rest of the body respectively.