Keywords heart anatomy, fluorography, venous catheterization, blood flow, cardiac cycle, right atrium, left atrium, coronary arteries, selective opacification, physiological data Email us at ...

It is not uncommon to find patients with a persistent left SVC draining into the coronary sinus along with a normal right SVC; this occurs in 0.3% of the general population and is considered a normal ...

Learn about the anatomy of the heart and how its chambers, valves, and vessels work together to maintain effective blood circulation throughout the body to sustain life.

The large blood vessel then continues between the left atrium and left ventricle, running along the interventricular groove, and finally empties into the right atrium. Function of the coronary sinus ...

The left atrium is one of the four chambers of the heart, located on the left posterior side. Its primary roles are to act as a holding chamber for blood returning from the lungs and to act as a ...

In normal subjects mean left atrial pressure does not exceed 10 mm. of mercury. Of our patients only 4 had pressures less than 20 mm., and 2 had pressures above 40 mm. of mercury. The average ...