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 Cardiovascular System
cardiology. The physicians who treat problems of the cardiovascular systen include the cardiologist, the interventional cardiologist, and the cardiac surgeon. The vessels are treated by vascular surgeons, also called cardiovascular surgeons.
Pericardium. The pericardium is a fibrous tissue that is layered into a parietal pericardium (an outer layer lining the pericardium), and a visceral pericardium (an inner layer covering the heart).
4. The right and left atrium and the right and left ventricle.
Vena cava. The vena cavae are divided into the superior and inferior parts.
Mitral valve. The mitral or biscuspid valve is located between the left atrium and ventricle. It is also called the atrioventricular valve.
Bruit. A gallop is a very rapid heart beat that sounds like a horse's gallop; a rub is friction heard as a grating sound from inflamed pericardial surface rubbing during the heart's contraction; a rumble is a low-pitched murmur.
Children and seniors. A heart murmur is an abnormal heart sound that represents turbulent blood flow within the heart.
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