Introduction To Atrial Septal Defect Blood flows through your heart in a uniform pattern. Lacking oxygen, it comes into your right atrium (one of two upper chambers of your heart) through the inferior and superior vena cavae. It then flows into your right ventricle (one of two lower chambers) before making its way into your [...]

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Diagnosing And Treating An Atrial Septal Defect Your heart’s left and right sides are separated by an inner wall of tissue called the septum. This wall helps to prevent oxygen-poor blood on the right side from mixing with oxygen-rich blood on the left side. If the portion of the wall that separates the atria has [...]

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