Left-atrium Sentence Examples

The blood arrives back to the left atrium of the heart via the pulmonary veins.

There are likewise two pulmonary veins, entering the left atrium by one orifice.

Chronic coughing is a common presentation due to the large left atrium pressing on the airways.

This abnormal opening is called an atrial septal defect and causes blood from the left atrium to flow (or "shunt") across the hole into the right atrium.

If the defect is large, oxygen-rich blood from the left atrium flows back into the right atrium and gets pumped back to the lungs again, causing more work for the heart and lungs.

If the heart has an opening between the atria, oxygen-rich blood from the left atrium enters the right atrium.

Total anomalous pulmonary venous return is a condition in which the pulmonary veins that bring oxygen-rich blood from the lungs back to the heart are not connected to the left atrium.

Mitral valve prolapse-A heart defect in which the mitral valve of the heart (which normally controls blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle) becomes floppy.

This forces blood into the left atrium right atrium left ventricle right ventricle which then contracts.