left atrium
Receives oxygenated blood
The left atrium is the upper left chamber of the heart.
It receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins and pumps it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle, which then sends it out to the body.
Atrial fibrillation often originates here: The irregular heartbeat was traced to the left atrium.
Left heart's one-way door
- endocardiumHeart's inner wall covering
- myocardiumMuscular tissue of heart
- pericardiumMembranous cardiac enclosure
- pulmonary veinsVessels returning oxygenated blood
cardiac muscle · heart chamber · auricle · chordae tendineae · annulus
Blood carrying fresh oxygen
- preloadInstall in advance
- cardiac cycleOne complete heart contraction-relaxation
- blood flowMovement through vessels
- systoleHeart muscle contraction phase
diastole · ejection · cardiac output · pressure gradient · blood volume · perfusion
Heart muscle disorder
- echocardiogramUltrasound of the heart
- heart failureInadequate blood pumping condition
- thrombusIntravascular coagulated mass
- stroke riskLikelihood of brain vessel failure
cardioversion · ablation · endocarditis · valve replacement · anticoagulation · catheterization
Ultrasound of the heart
- ECGCardiac electrical recording
- electrocardiogramHeart's electrical activity record
- Doppler ultrasoundSonographic blood flow measurement
- heart soundsNoises from beating organ
mitral valve
Left heart's one-way door
- endocardiumHeart's inner wall covering
- myocardiumMuscular tissue of heart
- pericardiumMembranous cardiac enclosure
pulmonary veins · cardiac muscle · heart chamber · auricle · chordae tendineae · annulus
oxygenated blood
Blood carrying fresh oxygen
- preloadInstall in advance
- cardiac cycleOne complete heart contraction-relaxation
- blood flowMovement through vessels
systole · diastole · ejection · cardiac output · pressure gradient · blood volume · perfusion
cardiomyopathy
Heart muscle disorder
- echocardiogramUltrasound of the heart
- heart failureInadequate blood pumping condition
- thrombusIntravascular coagulated mass
stroke risk · cardioversion · ablation · endocarditis · valve replacement · anticoagulation · catheterization
echocardiogram
Ultrasound of the heart
- ECGCardiac electrical recording
- electrocardiogramHeart's electrical activity record
- Doppler ultrasoundSonographic blood flow measurement
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, veins, capillary
- heartheartbeat, heart attack, heart muscle, heart rate, heart failure
- cardiopulmonaryheart rate, lungs, blood pressure, circulation, breathing
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
- heart anatomymyocardium, endocardium, pericardium, ventricle, atria
- heart partsright ventricle, atria, ventricles, upper chambers, lower chambers
left, atrium, leftist, left-handed, leftward, atrial, leftism, atriums, right atrium