ACUTE HEART FAILURE

Blood out
Aorta 6 3 4 1 (4) Oxygenated blood comes into the heart at the left Pulmonary atrium. (5) From artery there, it moves into Left atrium the left ventricle. (6) This ventricle pumps the blood out to the body via the aorta. 5 Left ventricle
SOURCE: CALIFORNIA WATCH RESEARCH

Acute heart failure involves the sudden malfunction of one of the two ventricles, the two lower chambers of the heart that serve as the heart's two pumps.

Blood in

(1) Deoxygenated blood comes into the heart at the right atrium. (2) From there, it moves into the right ventricle. (3) This ventricle pumps the blood into the lungs via the pulmonary artery for oxygenation.

Right atrium

2 Right ventricle

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