RT Book, Section
A1 Di Maria, Michael V.
A1 Boris, Jeffrey R.
A1 Vetter, Victoria L.
A2 Gleason, Marie Murphy
A2 Rychik, Jack
A2 Shaddy, Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 56745001
T1 Chapter 1. Normal Cardiac Physiology and the Cardiac Exam
T2 Pediatric Practice: Cardiology
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176320-2
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56745001
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  normal  heart  is  composed  of  two  ventricles  that  circulate  blood  through  the  pulmonary  and  systemic  capillary  beds  in  series,  providing  a  means  of  delivering  oxygen  and  nutrients  to  the  tissues  and  removing  carbon  dioxide  and  metabolic  waste.  Deoxygenated  blood  is  received  in  the  right  atrium  and  pumped  from  the  right  ventricle  through  the  pulmonary  capillary  bed,  where  carbon  dioxide  is  exchanged  for  oxygen  in  the  alveoli.  Pulmonary  venous  return  to  the  left  atrium  is  circulated  through  the  systemic  capillary  bed  by  the  left  ventricle  (Figure  1-1).