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Khan Academy: Pressure Volume Loops: Why Doesn't the Heart Rip?

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Understand LaPlace's law to see the effect that pressure, radius, and wall thickness each have on the "wall stress" in the left ventricle to answer the question of why the heart never gets a rip or tear. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

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