As the heart muscle contracts, it propels the blood out into the vascular ... Each side of the heart has two chambers, for a total of four chambers. The two ventricles (right and left) are muscular ...

For every 1% increase in fatty muscle fraction, there was a 2% increase in the risk of CMD and a 7% increased risk of future serious heart disease, regardless of other known risk factors and body ...

However, progressive pressure overload in AS can initiate a cascade of extra-valvular myocardial remodeling that could also precipitate maladaptive alterations in the structure and function of the ...

From strain gauge arches applied directly to the longitudinal surface of the papillary muscle of the canine left ventricle, its force of contraction was recorded simultaneously with that on an ...

1 The papillary muscles, as integral parts of the mitral apparatus, are extremely vulnerable to ischemic injury because of the great mechanical stress to which they are subjected ...