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Left atrial structure

Known as: Atrium, Left, HEART, LEFT ATRIUM, atrium left 
One of four chambers of the heart, which receives blood from the pulmonary veins and pumps blood through the mitral valve into the left ventricle.
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Apex of heartBiatrial part of heartBody partCavity of left atrium

Broader (2)

Heart AtriumLeft side of heart

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Left auricular appendageWall of left atrium

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Myocardial protection via coronary sinus interventions: superior effects of arterialization compared with intermittent occlusion.
It has been reported that infarct size can be reduced by several interventions, by which arterial blood is delivered retrogradely… 
1985
1985
Effect of alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists (phentolamine, nicergoline and prazosin) on reperfusion arrhythmias and noradrenaline release in perfused rat heart.
Rat isolated hearts were perfused through the left atrium with a modified Krebs-Henseleit solution or mounted on a Langendorff… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Demonstration of Lateral and Epicardial Border Zone Salvage by Flurbiprofen Using an In Vivo Method for Assessing Myocardium at Risk
SUMMARY The purposes of this investigation were (1) to develop an in vivo method of determining the myocardium at risk after… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Autoradiographic method for measuring the ischemic myocardium at risk: effects of verapamil on infarct size aftr experimental coronary artery occlusion.
Investigation of the efficacy of pharmacologic agents affecting myocardial infarct size after coronary artery occlusion is… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Effects of Infarcted Myocardium on Regional Blood Flow Measurements to Ischemic Regions in Canine Heart
The present study assesses effects of acutely infarcted myocardium on apparent micro-sphere loss as a function of time… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Dynamic geometry of the left atrium and left ventricle in acute mitral regurgitation.
The instantaneous transverse diameter of the left atrium, left ventricular free wall segment length (SEG), and the long axis of… 
1978
1978
Isolated Drainage of the Superior Vena Cava into the Left Atrium in a 52-Year-Old Man
SUMMARY This report describes a 52-year-old black male with the isolated finding of an anomalous superior vena cava draining into… 
1976
1976
Mechanism of reciprocating tachycardia initiated during sinus rhythm in concealed Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: report of a case.
Reciprocating tachycardia in a patient with a leftsided atrioventricular accessory pathway (AP) (Kent bundle, type A) capable… 
1961
1961
MYXOMA OF THE LEFT ATRIUM
  • R. N. AndersonH. E. AldridgeW. F. Greenwood
  • British heart journal
  • 1961
  • Corpus ID: 24507844
In the past five years four patients with an atrial myxoma have been operated upon at the Toronto General Hospital. The clinical… 
Review
1961
Review
1961
CORONARY EMBOLISM AND ANGINA IN MITRAL STENOSIS
Coronary embolism has been considered a rare and often fatal mishap. The most frequently reported heart diseases causing coronary…