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Ventriculocordectomy
Surgery for the relief of laryngeal stenosis. The ventricular floor is removed, but the buccal processes are left in place.
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Ventriculocisternostomy
Plastic surgery to create an opening between the ventricles of the brain and the cisterna magna.
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Ventricular remodeling
Reshaping of heart muscle in response to injuries such as myocardial infarction, overload (hypertension), or valvular heart disease such as aortic stenosis or mitral regurgitation. Cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and myocyte death are all potential consequences.
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Ventricular compliance
Distensibility or stiffness of the relaxed ventricle of the heart.
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Ventricular assist pumping
Use of a device to temporarily replace the pumping action of a diseased or nonfunctioning heart.
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Lateral ventricle
The cavity in each cerebral hemisphere that communicates with the third ventricle through the interventricular foramen. It consists of a triangular central body and four horns, two inferior and two posterior.
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Fourth ventricle
The cavity posterior to the pons and medulla and anterior to the cerebellum of the brain. It extends from the central canal of the upper end of the spinal cord to the aqueduct of the midbrain. Its roof is the cerebellum and the superior and inferior medullary vela. Its floor is the rhomboid fossa.
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Fifth ventricle
The cavity of the septum lucidum of the brain. It is between the two laminae of the septum lucidum.
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Ventrad
Toward the ventral aspect; the opposite of dorsad. In the direction of any front-facing side.
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Dysfunctional ventilatory weaning response
A state in which a patient cannot adjust to lowered levels of mechanical ventilator support, which interrupts and prolongs the weaning process.
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