The Circulatory System
læs mere: The Circulatory SystemThe heart is a muscle that pumps blood through your lungs, your brain and the rest of your body – this is called the circulatory system.
The structure of the heart
læs mere: The structure of the heartThe heart consists of four chambers – two antechambers and two chambers of the heart. The antechambers are also called atria (one atrium) and the heart chambers for ventricles (one ventricle). The heart must partly pump the “old” blood, where the oxygen is used out in the body, through the lungs, so that the blood…
What is the Sinus rhythm
læs mere: What is the Sinus rhythmThe normal heart rhythm. The sinus node regularly sends out signals into the atria – calmly when we are at rest and faster when we are active
What makes your heart pump? – The Electrical Impulses
læs mere: What makes your heart pump? – The Electrical ImpulsesThe sinus node is occasionally called the “natural pacemaker” of your heart. It sends out electrical impulses, called the sinus rhythm.
How Pacemakers Treat Heart Failure
læs mere: How Pacemakers Treat Heart FailureWhen a heart’s ability to pump is impaired, it can be necessary to implant a special type of pacemaker that can stimulate both the right and left ventricles simultaneously.
What Is An ICD?
læs mere: What Is An ICD?A cardiac arrest is a life-threatening arrhythmia in which the heart’s pumping function stops – and thus no blood comes out to the body’s organs
How Does A Pacemaker Work?
læs mere: How Does A Pacemaker Work?A pacemaker is used if a patient’s heart rate is too slow. There can be a number of different reasons for this…
A little about the heart
læs mere: A little about the heartThe heart consists of four chambers – two atria (one atrium) and two ventricles (one ventricle). The heart simultaneously pump “old” deoxygenated blood
