Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is when the heart’s main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, becomes thicker and less able to pump blood efficiently. It usually develops because of another ...

Heightened interest in left ventricular thrombus (LVT) stems from the consistent association of subsequent stroke and ...

Retrograde catheterization showed a pulmonary-capillary-left-ventricle diastolic gradient of 13 mm. of mercury, a calculated valve area of 1.0 square centimeter and no regurgitation at angiography.

The left anterior descending artery supplies the front and bottom of the left ventricle and the front of the septum with blood. These arteries and their branches supply all parts of the heart ...

The left ventricle is a crucial part of the heart, responsible for pumping blood throughout the body. Its complex structure and function are essential for maintaining overall health.

An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of the heart with chronic pressure overload, according to a new study. In 2019, this same hydrogel was shown to be safe in humans ...

Single ventricle physiology defects are congenital conditions that develop well before a baby is even born. In fact, they tend to occur around the time the baby’s heart forms — during the ...

Left ventricular noncompaction is characterized by deep trabeculations in the LV endocardium in association with left ventricular hypertrophy, dilation or hypertrophy/dilation. Noncompaction of the ...

More information: James Davies et al, Soft robotic artificial left ventricle simulator capable of reproducing myocardial biomechanics, Science Robotics (2024). DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.ado4553 ...

The left and right atrium are the upper chambers, and the left and right ventricles are the bottom chambers. Heart valves open to allow blood to flow between the chambers and in and out of the heart.

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have grown a small-scale model of a human left heart ventricle in the lab. The bioartificial tissue construct is made with living heart cells and beats ...