Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD The right atrium is one of the heart's upper chambers that plays a role in blood circulation. It collects deoxygenated blood and directs it on a pathway to ...

A novel transcatheter-implanted system that shunts blood flow from the left to right atrium through the coronary sinus has ...

An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial septum near the atrioventricular valves has a communication between the two atrium causing a left to right shunt. This rarely ...

An atrial septal defect of the secundum type is relatively common and occurs from failure of the septum secundum to develop. This results in a communication between the left and right atrium ...

The atria (plural of atrium) are where the blood collects when it enters the heart. The ventricles pump the blood out of the heart to the lungs or around the body. The septum separates the right ...

The atria (plural of atrium) are where the blood collects when it enters the heart. The ventricles pump the blood out of the heart to the lungs or around the body. The septum separates the right ...