A private animal hospital in South Korea recently reported that its cardiac surgical team has successfully performed what it ...

Having atrial fibrillation, an enlarged right ventricle, and being female or older were linked to more severe pulmonary hypertension, defined as an increase in peak tricuspid regurgitation velocity. A ...

Right-sided heart failure affects the ability of the right ventricle of the heart to pump blood to the lungs effectively. There is no cure.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, also known as HCM or thick heart syndrome, is a genetic condition that causes your heart muscle ...

However, when the pulmonary hypertension is due to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, we note that the left atrial pressure and the pulmonary vein pressure augment, leading to the growth of the ...

Mitral regurgitation describes when the mitral valve allows blood to flow back into a person's left atrium. Learn more about its symptoms and treatment here.

An electrocardiogram showed hypertrophy of the left atrium and right ventricle. X-ray study revealed mitral-valve calcification and enlargement of the right ventricle and left atrium.

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MDMedically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD The cardiovascular system, also known as the circulatory system, includes the heart and blood vessels. It plays ...

The right atrium is the heart’s entrance, forcing blood into the right ventricle and the lungs. It also contains the sinoatrial node, the heart’s pacemaker, which starts and keeps the heartbeat going.

Overall, implantation of the atrial shunt device led to improvements in various heart measurements compared with the sham treatment, such as reducing both the left ventricle (LV) end-diastolic ...

The tricuspid valve sits between the heart's right atrium and right ventricle. The bicuspid valve sits between the left atrium and left ventricle. Learn more.