The number of babies experiencing hydrocephalus continues to rise. Learn the causes, symptoms, and how to treat it before ...

At the center of the brain are flooded caverns, like great cisterns shrouded in darkness, called ventricles. Cerebrospinal fluid seeps from the ventricle walls and then moves. Under pressure, it ...

The brain also contains four interconnected spaces called ventricles, which produce and are filled with cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid is distributed to the exterior of the brain and to the ...

Tiny brain injuries: Undetected lesions in the brain are a common cause of dementia and can be detected by MRI. Consequences in everyday life: The brains of those affected often process information ...

Right ventricular hypertrophy occurs when the right ventricular wall thickens due to chronic pressure overload, similar to that of left ventricular hypertrophy. RVH is diagnosed on ECG in the ...

A ventricular septal defect produces a holosystolic murmur. Blood abnormally flows from the LV (high pressure) to the RV (low pressure) creating turbulent blood flow and a holosystolic murmur ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — VCU Health is one of a dozen hospitals nationwide at the forefront of a pivotal clinical trial that ...

Mayelin Valido Tejeda, a mother from Santa Clara, Cuba, has issued an urgent plea on social media to save her son, Caleb ...

Ventriculostomy involves the insertion of a catheter into the brain cavities called ventricles to drain cerebrospinal fluid and relieve intracranial pressure. It's a delicate, difficult process ...

Luís Beck-da-Silva, MD; Adolfo de Bold, PhD, FRSC; Ross A. Davies, MD, FRCPC; Benjamin J.W. Chow, MD, FRCPC; Terrence D. Ruddy, MD, FRCPC; Margaret Fraser, RN ...