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Comment by fluoridation

11 hours ago

That just means the walls of the heart would need to grow thicker. Are they at the limit already?

Wall thickness increasing by x increases cross section/power by x^2, but also increases chamber volume/workload by x^3. So workload outruns available power. It's because of this people abusing steroids get heart failure eventually.

  • >chamber volume/workload by x^3. So workload outruns available power.

    What do you mean by workload? Are you referring to the oxygen cost per stroke, or what?