He also has high blood pressure and a leaking heart valve, and everything combined ... rising to more than 20 quarts of blood during exercise. But when the lower chambers beat in opposition ...

Male athletes with high-volume exercise training have a higher burden of calcified plaque than male nonathletes, according to ...

Johannesburg - The 59-year-old woman who became the world's first patient to undergo the non-surgical closure of a leaking heart valve was doing well in hospital, Medi-Clinic SA said on Friday.

May 22, 2025 — When the workload on the heart increases, the ventricular wall may thicken too, known as cardiac hypertrophy. This is an adaptive response that reduces pressure on the heart and ...