Sentences with phrase «ventricles less»

Changes in the heart muscle make the right and left ventricles less stretchy and compliant.

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My daughter, at six days old, had a left ventricle ejection fraction of less than 25 % due to cardiomyopathy.

Hearts are promising organs for the new technology because introducing nanoparticles into the wide - open spaces of the organ's atria and ventricles presents less of a challenge than incorporating the tiny magnets all throughout more solid structures like brains or livers, according to Kelvin Brockbank of Clemson University and Tissue Testing LLC, one of the authors of the paper who spoke to reporters during a 28 February teleconference.

Furthermore, although the ventricles appear to be a less sensitive measure than the caudate, they have the benefit of well - defined anatomic boundaries, which make volumetric measurement quicker and more reliable.

Thickened heart walls leave less space inside the ventricle (s) for blood to accumulate so less blood will be pumped with the next beat.

The thickened left ventricular walls become less flexible which prevents the left ventricle from relaxing or stretching sufficiently to fill with blood from the left atrium.

Since some of the blood that would normally be ejected by the left ventricle is now regurgitating back into the left atrium there is less flow of blood out of the left ventricle and into the aorta.

The left ventricle is unable to fill with a normal amount of blood, so less blood gets pumped out to vital organs.