The right ventricle pumps the blood to the lungs, where the blood releases waste gases and picks up oxygen. The newly oxygen-rich blood (shown in red) returns to the heart and enters the left atrium.

The right ventricle pumps the blood to the lungs, where the blood releases waste gases and picks up oxygen. The newly oxygen-rich blood (shown in red) returns to the heart and enters the left atrium.

The ancient Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle once concluded that the human heart is tri-chambered and that it was the ...

The ventricles pump the blood out of the heart to the lungs or around the body. The septum separates the right-hand and left-hand side of the heart. The tricuspid valve is located between the ...

The ventricles pump the blood out of the heart to the lungs or around the body. The septum separates the right-hand and left-hand side of the heart. The tricuspid valve separates the right atrium ...

The ancient Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle once concluded that the human heart is tri-chambered and that it was the ...

Dextrocardia, levocardia, or mesocardia was seen together with right pulmonary isomerism and complex structural heart defects in the single ventricle spectrum. A dominant chamber of left ...

Babies born with otherwise-lethal single ventricle heart defects can gain decades of life from early surgical intervention, but their lives are still fraught with medical complications that ...

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

During right heart catheterization, oxygen saturations are frequently measured from different cardiac chambers in order to identify left to right shunts. If a ventricular septal defect is present ...

Athletic performance tests the limits of the human body and mind ... defends the thesis that the heart can also develop sports injuries at the ventricular level. We will elaborate on our hypothesis, ...

Subsequent genetic analysis found 45 specific areas in the human genome linked to ... Genetic basis of right and left ventricular heart shape, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038 ...