<unk>  of the right ventricle leads to right ventricular hypertrophy; right image.<unk>  refers to the pathological state of cardiac muscle in which it has to contract while experiencing an excessive afterload.<unk>  may affect any of the four chambers of the heart, though the term is most commonly applied to one of the two ventricles. Chronic<unk>  leads to concentric hypertrophy of the cardiac muscle, which can in turn lead to heart failure, myocardial ischaemia or, in extreme cases, outflow obstruction.
Pressure overload
Tissue stress
Capsular contracture
Allostatic load
Stress shielding
Ligamentous laxity
Ischemic compression
Lattice degeneration