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• n  one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
• n  a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

• Then, as the ventricle relaxed, the pump forced air back into the outer tube, increasing the pressure on the inner passage and forcing the blood through the aorta to the body.
• In children with this defect, the left side of the heart, including its main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, and the aorta, is seriously underdeveloped.
• Of its two heavy-duty pumping chambers, the right ventricle was strong and driving blood efficiently to the lungs; it was the left ventricle, which propels oxygenated blood to the .

• heart ventricle

News & Articles

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• 'Have a Heart' charity event educates Goodrich community about man's rare medical condition
  The event was held to raise awareness about the rare congestive heart failure condition Tony Hartwick lives with that requires a Left Ventricle Assist Device to aid his dying heart.
  July 7, 2013 - The Flint Journal

Quotes

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• Tom Bates in Berkeleyside (blog)
  RT @anthony_shaw "The doctor removed my left ventricle and atrium," Tom said half-heartedly.
• Jiri Fischer in National Post
  I went into ventricle fibrillation, which essentially means the whole heart starts beating so fast, it starts to vibrate and doesn't pump the blood properly and I fell unconscious, probably due to lack of oxygen to my brain,Fischer said....
• Frank Melton in WLBT-TV
  Melton says, "The problem is in my left ventricle; my left is not operating at 100 percent. It's operating at 15 percent, and they're treating that with medication, and I think everything will be fine over time."