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  2. File:Coronary arteries.svg - Wikipedia

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  3. Heart - Wikipedia

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    The heart is a muscular organ found in humans and other animals.This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. [1] Heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. [2]

  4. Right coronary artery - Wikipedia

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    In the blood supply of the heart, the right coronary artery (RCA) is an artery originating above the right cusp of the aortic valve, at the right aortic sinus in the heart. [1] [2] It travels down the right coronary sulcus, towards the crux of the heart.

  5. Mediastinum - Wikipedia

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    The mediastinum (from Medieval Latin: mediastinus, lit. 'midway'; [2] pl.: mediastina) is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity.Surrounded by loose connective tissue, it is a region that contains vital organs and structures within the thorax, namely the heart and its vessels, the esophagus, the trachea, the vagus, phrenic and cardiac nerves, the thoracic duct, the thymus and the lymph ...

  6. Gray's Anatomy - Wikipedia

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    An illustration from the American 1918 edition. Gray's Anatomy is a reference book of human anatomy written by Henry Gray, illustrated by Henry Vandyke Carter and first published in London in 1858.

  7. Cardiac catheterization - Wikipedia

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    Cardiac catheterization (heart cath) is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart.This is done both for diagnostic and interventional purposes. A common example of cardiac catheterization is coronary catheterization that involves catheterization of the coronary arteries for coronary artery disease and myocardial infarctions ("heart attacks").

  8. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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    Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.. Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF typically presents with shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, and bilateral leg swelling. [3]

  9. Crista terminalis - Wikipedia

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    The crista terminalis (also known as the terminal crest, [citation needed] or crista terminalis of His [1]) is a vertical ridge on the [2]: 56 posterolateral [3] inner surface of the adult right atrium extending between the superior vena cava, and the inferior vena cava.