This heart anatomy diagram shows that blood flows from the right atrium into the right ventricle and out to the lungs (via the pulmonary artery) where it gets oxygen.

The heart valves work by ensuring that blood flows in a forward direction and doesn’t back up or cause leakage. Heart valve disorders prohibit this.

What Is Heart Valve Disease? Heart valve disease is when one or more of your heart valves don't work the way they should. Your heart has four valves: pulmonary, tricuspid, aortic, and mitral.

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DOMedically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Situs inversus is a rare ailment in ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MDMedically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Arteries are blood vessels in the body that carry blood away from the heart and throughout the body. There are ...

Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring systems use sensors to collect data on pulmonary artery pressure in people with chronic heart failure to allow for ongoing remote monitoring. A pulmonary artery ...

Management of patients with heart failure guided by a pulmonary artery sensor exceeded performance goals and was linked to improved quality of life and functional capacity compared with historical ...

Pulmonary: Pulmonary arteries transport oxygen-poor blood from the heart’s right ventricle to the lungs, where blood “picks up” oxygen.

Heart failure guidelines state that pulmonary artery pressure monitoring has uncertain value but may be considered (level IIb);4,5 uptake in Europe is therefore marginal. European data were needed ...