First-degree ventricular (heart) block affects the electrical signal that makes the heart beat. It causes a delay in a portion of the heart beat and may lead to a slow heart beat. Healthcare ...

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while the left atrium and ventricle form the left heart. The septum, a muscular wall, separates them. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium from the body via the vena cava, then moves to the ...

Dextrocardia, levocardia, or mesocardia was seen together with right pulmonary isomerism and complex structural heart defects in the single ventricle spectrum. A dominant chamber of left ...

preventing the ventricle from filling with blood and reducing its ability to pump blood out of the heart. This is a form of RCM. Engaging in regular aerobic exercise can help strengthen the ...

In this way, the heart has a timed contraction of atria, then ventricles that allow for the ... The atrial septum separates the right and left atrium. Normally there is complete separation so ...

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Ventricular tachycardia can also be the result of conditions that contribute independently to abnormal heart rhythms even when the heart is healthy. These causes are characterized by the disruption of ...

Left-sided heart failure involves the left ventricle (bottom left chamber of the heart). When the left ventricle doesn’t pump enough blood, it backs up in the blood vessels that carry blood away from ...

The assessment of right ventricular (RV) volumes and function is fundamental to understand and manage congenital and acquired heart diseases. The growing interest in treatments designed to alter ...

Therefore, lesions with two well-formed ventricles, which cannot be septated for other reasons, are not included in this definition.1 The hypoplastic left heart syndrome is included in the ...