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Pliancy
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.
Example Sentences:
(1) A study of 79 patients with dilatation cardiomyopathy (DCMP), making use of echo- and angiocardiography and catheterization of various heart compartments, has demonstrated considerable changes in left ventricular diastolic properties, common to this condition: reduced pliancy of heart chamber, increased myocardial rigidity and impaired myocardial relaxation.
(2) To reduce the pliancy of the artificial interventricular septum (AIVS) and prevent bulging of the graft into the venous ventricle the method of the operation included: (a) creation of the AIVS from a duplicate of xenopericardium or Dacron whose dimensions were calculated before the operation; (b) plastic distention of the created venous ventricle by means of a graft.
(3) These methods were applied to measure the pressure-distributing properties of 10 polyurethane foams fabricated in a wide range of pliancies and densities.
(4) Reduced left ventricular diastolic pliancy is associated with myocardial hypertrophy and impaired relaxation.
(5) An increased end-diastolic pressure seems to be indicative of reduced elasticity (pliancy) of the left-ventricular myocardium, as reflected in markedly disturbed segmental contractility of the left-ventricular wall.