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Heart Failure

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Alternate Names : CHF, Congestive Heart Failure


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Heart, Section Through the Middle
Heart, Section Through the Middle

The interior of the heart is composed of valves, chambers, and associated vessels.


Heart, Front View
Heart, Front View

The external structures of the heart include the ventricles, atria, arteries and veins. Arteries carry blood away from the heart while veins carry blood into the heart. The vessels colored blue indicate the transport of blood with relatively low content of oxygen and high content of carbon dioxide. The vessels colored red indicate the transport of blood with relatively high content of oxygen and low content of carbon dioxide.


Circulation of Blood Through the Heart
Circulation of Blood Through the Heart

The heart is a large muscular organ which constantly pushes oxygen-rich blood to the brain and extremities and transports oxygen-poor blood from the brain and extremities to the lungs to gain oxygen. Blood comes into the right atrium from the body, moves into the right ventricle and is pushed into the pulmonary arteries in the lungs. After picking up oxygen, the blood travels back to the heart through the pulmonary veins into the left atrium, to the left ventricle and out to the body's tissues through the aorta.




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