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 ...

In a nutshell People with cardiovascular conditions have hearts that function nearly 5 years older than their actual age, ...

Left atrial enlargement refers to dilation of the left atrium which occurs from multiple disease states that can chronically increase the left atrial pressure. These include congestive heart ...

The left-hand side pumps oxygenated blood around the body. Each side of the heart consists of an atrium and a ventricle which are two connected chambers. The atria (plural of atrium) are where the ...

A left atrial myxoma is a benign tumor that is relatively rare; however, it can have significant clinical implications. A cardiac myxoma is the most common tumor originating from the heart ...

(B) These fibrosis distributions were incorporated into bi-atrial meshes derived from a statistical shape model. LA/RA, left/right atrium. Credit: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2025).

Background: Several clinical factors have been studied to predict atrial fibrillation (AF ... A stepwise discriminant analysis (SDA) provided a model based on fWP and SampEn with 90.5% of accuracy.