The newly oxygen-rich blood (shown in red) returns to the heart and enters the left atrium. Blood flows through the left atrium into the left ventricle. The left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich ...

Scroll down to learn the top 10 indicators that your body may give when you are suffering from arterial blockage.

A research team led by Matthew Nystoriak, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical research and translational medicine at ...

blood flows into the heart from a vein, goes into an atrium, then a ventricle, and out through an artery. The valves prevent the blood flowing backwards. The heart is relaxed and blood flows into ...

Men who currently use or have a history of using anabolic androgenic steroids exhibit impaired myocardial flow reserve, indicating coronary microvascular dysfunction. This impairment appears to ...

It’s like how a pipe can get clogged with gunk so the water can’t get through. A blocked coronary artery can stop the blood from getting to the heart. There’s just no way for it to get past the clog.

Cut through the coracoid bar and pull back to fully open the pericardial cavity. Locate the vessels entering and leaving the heart and the 2 heart chambers - atrium and ventricle. Look at diagram of ...

researchers measured the speed of blood flow in the large, femoral artery and how much oxygen in the blood returned to the heart after supplying it to tissues. A special type of MRI called phase ...

Your surgeon will make an incision in your chest to access your heart and will use a machine to take over blood flow while your heart is temporarily stopped. In some cases, minimally invasive ...

Originally appeared on the NOVA Web site Cut to the Heart. Let's get straight to the heart of the matter—the heart's job is to move blood. Day and night, the muscles of your heart contract and ...