Left untreated, hydrocephalus in ... epilepsy, and meningitis due to tuberculosis. A preoperative MRI scan shows inflammation in cisterns around the brain stem and enlarged ventricles.

Ventricular resection can significantly improve your life span if you have severe heart failure due to an enlarged left ventricle. If you have an enlarged heart (also known as cardiomegaly), it ...

For example, an enlarged left ventricle of the heart—an indicator of poor cardiac health—correlated with erosion of certain white-matter tracts in the brain. Weaving genome-wide association studies ...

Dilated ventricle in brain Comments. Bookmark. My daughter who is 6 months pregnant went for a sonar yesterday. Her gynae told her that the sonar shows her baby has a dilated left ventricle in the ...

People whose sedentary time rose from age 11 to 24 years were more likely to have a progressively enlarged left ventricle from age 17 to 24 years. Sedentary time and relative wall thickness were ...

MRI scans of astronauts show that duration in space and time between flights affect how much the brain ... left a minimal mark on ventricles, six- and 12-month missions resulted in enlargement ...

Brain scans of 30 astronauts revealed that long spaceflights cause fluid changes in the brain that may not return to normal before crew members fly again.

Ventricular resection is a type of open-heart surgery that makes the heart, usually the left ventricle, a more typical size and shape. The procedure may help improve the ability to pump blood to ...

It is thought this is a compensatory mechanism that allows the brain to accommodate fluid shifts that occur due to microgravity. Ventricle enlargement is associated with aging; however, the rate at ...

For example, if the ventricles are already enlarged from a previous mission, they may be less compliant and/or have less space to expand and accommodate fluid shifts during the next mission," said ...