This patient support community is for discussions relating to angina, angioplasty, arrhythmia, bypass surgery, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, defibrillator, heart attack, heart disease, high blood pressure, mitral valve, pacemaker, PAD, stenosis, and stress tests.
Thickened heart walls can impair contractions and may not relax enough to adequately fill the chamber with blood to be pumped into circulation. Worst case scenario, and advanced stage of hypercardiology.