Science news articles about 'right atrium'

... for quality of life. A new study finds significant improvement of migraine following catheter-based closure of patent foramen ovale -- a slight opening in the wall between the right and left atria.

... (the heart's upper right pumping chamber). Normally in such cases, the clot will get pumped out of the right atrium and travel to the lungs, where it may harmlessly dissolve. In this case, there was ...

... 15 percent improvement in oxygen consumption requirement; and About a 16 percent reduction in the size of the right atrium. Clinical trials are needed to determine "if these beneficial changes in ...