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Exploring Your Heart’s Electrical Conduction Your heart has four chambers, four valves, two nodes, and a system of fibers known as the His-Purkinje system. The four chambers consist of two atria (upper chambers) and two ventricles (lower chambers). Your four valves consist of a tricuspid valve, pulmonary valve, mitral valve, and aortic valve. google_ad_client = [...]
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How Congenital Heart Defects Are Diagnosed If a congenital heart defect is severe (for example, as in the case of tetralogy of Fallot), it will likely be diagnosed when a mother-to-be is pregnant. If it is not diagnosed during pregnancy, there is a high likelihood that it will be detected within weeks after she gives [...]
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Heart Murmurs: Causes And Forms Of Treatment As blood moves through your heart’s four chambers (i.e. atria and ventricles), it passes through one-way valves. As it does, the closing of those valves creates the sound of a heartbeat. A heart murmur (HM) is a “swooshing” noise that can be heard through a stethoscope. Not all [...]
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Overview Of Heart Block: Abnormalities Of The Electrical System The rhythm of your heartbeat is determined by the electrical impulses generated by your sinoatrial node. These impulses start in the two upper chambers (i.e. atria) and work downward through the two lower chambers (i.e. ventricles). As they travel downward, they cause contractions in your atria [...]
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An Exploration Of Different Types Of Heart Surgeries Each year, hundreds of thousands of people undergo some type of heart surgery. In many cases, the operations are performed in order to correct a congenital defect. In other cases, surgeons seek to treat problems that have emerged over time (e.g. plaque buildup, blood clots, etc.). The [...]
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