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The interventricular septum is the wall that separates the right and left ventricles. Thickening may be the result of scar tissue and mild septal wall hypokinesia means that it is contracting with less than anticipated force or vigor. This may be the result of injury or damage to that section (as in heart attack). Other conditions that may exist are dyskinesia (moves in wrong direction), hyperkinesia (moves with greater than anticipated force), or akinesia (doesn't move at all). These things are usually elucidated via echocardiograms and allows a doctor to judge how badly a heart has been affected through an acute event or chronic illness.

Ralph

2007-10-31 22:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by ralphrepo_01 4 · 1 0

I do not know the exact meaning of these things, but the intraventricular septa and septal wall are parts of the heart, and thickening and thinning are types of damage that occur from a previous heart attack. Hypokenesia means that the heart has been weakened by the damage, so the heart is working at a reduced level of output.

2007-10-31 17:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 0 0

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