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We report a case of a healthy, asymptomatic 6-year-old boy in whom an anomalous right pulmonary vein was noted to drain into both the inferior vena cava and left atrium in association with findings consistent with scimitar syndrome. ... The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology...
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A 66-year-old woman underwent mitral valve replacement and surgical isolation of the posterior part of the left atrium for persistent AF. ... A 66-year-old woman underwent mitral valve replacement and surgical isolation of the posterior part of the left atrium for persistent AF. During sinus rhythm an isolated atrial rhythm...
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Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... Left atrium: The upper right chamber of the heart. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it down into the left ventricle which delivers it to the body ... home > left atrium definition...
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The result is a septumlike structure that divides the left atrium into 2 compartments. However, this theory fails to explain the presence of fossa ovalis and atrial muscle fibers within the walls of the proximal chamber where only a venous wall is supposed to be present.
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The pulmonary vein is the vessel transporting oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium. A common misconception is that all veins carry de-oxygenated blood. It is more appropriate to classify veins as vessels carrying blood to the heart.
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The noun left atrium has one meaning: Meaning #1 : the left upper ... WordNet: left atrium...
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Although echocardiography is widely used in the evaluation of cardiac structures and function, the prognostic value of echocardiographic assessment of left atrium (LA) size for risk stratification of cardiovascular death is unknown.
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