How would the left ventricle of a patient who had had high blood pressure for many years differ from the left ventricle of a normal heart?   A it would have a larger volume of muscle   B it would have a smaller volume of muscle   C it would be smaller than the right ventricle   D chronic high blood pressure would weaken the heart valves but would have no anatomical effects on the walls of the ventricles

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How would the left ventricle of a patient who had had high blood pressure for many years differ from the left ventricle of a normal heart?
  A
it would have a larger volume of muscle
  B
it would have a smaller volume of muscle
  C
it would be smaller than the right ventricle
  D
chronic high blood pressure would weaken the heart valves but would have no anatomical effects on the walls of the ventricles

 

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Introduction: Left ventricular hypertrophy is expansion and thickening means hypertrophy of the heart's wall of left ventricle. The solidified heart wall drops elasticity, causes enlarged pressure to permit the heart to fill its pumping chamber to direct blood to the body.

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