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LEFT VENTRICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("left ventricle" is a kind of...):
heart ventricle; ventricle (a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries)
Context examples:
Atrioventricular septal defect in which the atrioventricular junction is shared evenly between the left ventricle and right ventricle.
(Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect Balanced, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads V1 through V4, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the anteroseptal wall of the left ventricle.
(Acute Anteroseptal Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart.
(Mitral Valve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A dual-flap valve of the heart that regulates the flow of blood between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart.
(Mitral Valve, NCI Thesaurus)
Dilation of the valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart by use of a surgeon's finger or rigid instrument.
(Mitral Commissurotomy, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads III, aVF and often II, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the inferior wall of the left ventricle.
(Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The backward flow of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle, owing to insufficiency of the aortic semilunar valve; it may be chronic or acute.
(Aortic Valve Regurgitation, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads I and aVL, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the high lateral wall of the left ventricle.
(Acute High Lateral Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V3 through V6, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle.
(Anterolateral Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V3 and V4, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the anterior wall of the left ventricle.
(Anterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
