The film presents a detailed fluorographic study of the normal heart using ... such as pressure and flow measurements. It illustrates blood flow dynamics through the heart's chambers, including ...

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 ...

A heart murmur is a sound often characterized as a "whooshing" or rushing of fluid that can be heard between heartbeats. As ...

The aorta, a large blood vessel responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, plays a ...

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 ...

If your doctor told you that you have a heart murmur, you’re probably wondering what that means. Is my health in danger? Will I always have a heart murmur? Do I need surgery? The good news is that ...

As the British Heart Foundation noted: “This means blood can flow the wrong way in your heart ... smaller and less effective than normal. Over time, because your heart is working harder than ...

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 ...