The Heart's Chambers and ValvesThe left heart pump
By Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., About.com
Created: December 01, 2003
About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our Medical Review Board
Figure 4 - Into the left atrium
Figure 4: The left heart pump consists of the left atrium (LA), mitral valve (MV), left ventricle (LV), aortic valve (AV), and aorta (Ao). Well oxygenated blood returning to the heart from the lungs enters the left atrium, and is stored there until the left atrium contracts.
Suggested Reading
Explore Heart Disease
Must Reads
By Category
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Cholesterol, triglycerides
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Drugs for Heart Disease
- Exercise and Heart Disease
- Heart Healthy Diet
- Heart Valve Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- Living With Heart Failure
- Pacemakers & Defibrillators
- Palpitations & Arrhythmias
- Reducing Cardiac Risk
- Surgery, congenital, & more
- Syncope (fainting)
- Women & Heart Disease
About.com Special Features
Learn how you can reduce your your numbers with these nutrition and exercise tips. More >
Keep yourself, and your family, happy and healthy this fall with these tips. More >
Also from About.com:
©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.
All rights reserved.