Ventricular aneurysms are one of the many complications that may occur after a heart attack. The word aneurysm refers to a bulge or 'pocketing' of the...

blunt or penetrating trauma. Although aneurysms and left ventricular aneurysms may involve any wall segment, "aneurysms" in the posterolateral wall are frequently...

and adventitia). True aneurysms include atherosclerotic, syphilitic, and congenital aneurysms, as well as ventricular aneurysms that follow transmural...

dietary changes, as well as medications. In heart failure due to left ventricular dysfunction, angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II...

Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a cardiovascular disorder in which fast heart rate occurs in the ventricles of the heart. Although a few seconds...

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paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Ventricular arrhythmias include ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. Bradyarrhythmias are due to...

can be found in other non-ischaemic causes. Following infarction, ventricular aneurysm can develop, which leads to persistent ST elevation, loss of S wave...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is thickening of the heart muscle of the left ventricle of the heart, that is, left-sided ventricular hypertrophy and...

involved in some cases. Involvement of the ventricular septum is rare. The areas involved are prone to aneurysm formation. Recently, some studies have identified...

A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is a common event where the heartbeat is initiated by Purkinje fibers in the ventricles rather than by the sinoatrial...

(hence bi- + gemini). For example, in ventricular bigeminy, a sinus beat is shortly followed by a premature ventricular contraction (PVC), a pause, another...

likelihood that AF may become permanent), left ventricular size and function, peak right ventricular pressure (pulmonary hypertension), presence of left...

involved with making heart muscle proteins. Other inherited causes of left ventricular hypertrophy may include Fabry disease, Friedreich's ataxia, and certain...

or ventricular reduction, is a type of operation in cardiac surgery to reduce enlargement of the heart from cardiomyopathy or ischemic aneurysm formation...

Ventricular hypertrophy (VH) is thickening of the walls of a ventricle (lower chamber) of the heart.[better source needed] Although left ventricular hypertrophy...

Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is an abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver. It is due to disorganized electrical activity...

privative a "not, without" + systolē "contraction") is the absence of ventricular contractions in the context of a lethal heart arrhythmia (in contrast...

Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) is a condition defined by an abnormal enlargement of the cardiac muscle surrounding the right ventricle. The right...

can progress to inflammatory cardiomyopathy when there are associated ventricular remodeling and cardiac dysfunction due to chronic inflammation. Symptoms...

heart is enlarged, and the resting heart rate is lower than normal. Ventricular hypertrophy Left Right / Cor pulmonale Atrial enlargement Left Right...

heart failure is associated with left ventricular remodeling, which manifests as gradual increases in left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes...

axis deviation (LAD) is a condition wherein the mean electrical axis of ventricular contraction of the heart lies in a frontal plane direction between −30°...

fibers and the endocardium at the apex of the heart, then finally to the ventricular myocardium.[citation needed] The AV node serves an important function...

surgery. Major trauma, smoking, cocaine use, pregnancy, a thoracic aortic aneurysm, inflammation of arteries, and abnormal lipid levels are also associated...

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fascicle would lead to right axis deviation.[citation needed] Right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia originates from the outflow tract of the right...

block (IRBBB) often involve exercise-induced right ventricular remodeling, increased right ventricular (RV) free wall thickness, especially in athletes...

residual ventricular septal defect, residual outflow tract obstruction, complete atrioventricular block, arrhythmias, aneurysm of right ventricular outflow...

leads to the induction of a ventricular arrhythmia, which may terminate into a dangerous heart rhythm known as ventricular fibrillation, which often leads...