NOUN
- the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus
How To Use right atrium In A Sentence
- An aortogram shows opacification of pulmonary arteries, veins and right atrium as well as the aorta.
- Catheter tip placement positioned as follows:superior vena cava(20 cases), subclavicular vein(12 cases), right atrium(2 cases), jugular vein(4 cases), axillary vein(3 csese).
- Echocardiography found typical features of early recipient twin cardiomyopathy, with thickening and decreased contractility of the wall of the right ventricle and abnormal function (regurgitation) of the tricuspid valve connecting the right atrium to the right ventricle. Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)
- In a person without a heart defect, blood that's in need of oxygen flows from all parts of the body to the right atrium and then to the right ventricle, where it's then pumped to the lungs to receive oxygen.
- The UVC courses from umbilical vein to left portal vein to ductus venosus to either hepatic vein or IVC and then into right atrium.
- The greater portion of it is thick and muscular and constitutes the muscular ventricular septum, but its upper and posterior part, which separates the aortic vestibule from the lower part of the right atrium and upper part of the right ventricle, is thin and fibrous, and is termed the membranous ventricular septum. V. Angiology. 4b. The Heart
- The right atrium and ventricle were severely dilated and hypertrophied.
- Blood flows from the right atrium to the right ventricle through the tricuspid valve.
- Intraoperative examination of the heart revealed a 3.5-cm-diameter defect in the right atrium near the appendage, which was repaired with suture.
- Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma ( HCC ) to the right atrium occurs rarely and may lead to lethal perioperative complications.
