Rarely, left ventricular free wall rupture can occur after an MI causing hemorrhage into the pericardium and cardiac tamponade, which requires emergent surgical repair.

The left ventricular myocytes hypertrophy in order to gain contractile strength to overcome this increased afterload and distribute the wall stress throughout a larger mass thus decreasing oxygen ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) was first described in the late 1950s as a disease typified by substantial thickening of the myocardium, particularly the left ventricular wall, with no overt cause.

left ventricular cardiomyopathy. This can develop even in the absence of underlying demonstrable genetic abnormalities, probably just as a result of excessive RV wall stress during exercise. The ...