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The heart cannot pump blood as efficiently, causing shortness of breath and low energy. In older patients it may aggravate dementia by reducing the flow of oxygen to the brain.

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What happens in heart?

In heart has a four valve the two valve is pump the up and the others valve pump the blood down. heart is pump the blood


What prevents blood from flowing back into the heart?

The valve


What if the name of the valve on the vessel that takes blood from the heart?

The valve on the aorta (the vessel taking blood away from the heart) is called the "aortic valve".


Does the valve prevent blood to get in the heart?

Yes and no. When a valve is open, it is allowingblood to enter the heart's chambers. When a valve is closed, it is preventing blood from entering a chamber.


What is a heart valve?

a 1 way valve in the heart that prevents blood from going backwards when the heart contracts


What is the function of the aortic valve?

The aortic valve functions as a one-way valve between the heart and the rest of the body. Blood is pumped from the left ventricle of the heart, through the valve, and down the aorta, which in turn supplies blood to all of the organs in the body. Between heart contractions, the valve closes, preventing blood from flowing backwards into the heart. The function of the aortic valve is then twofold: (1) It provides a route for which blood can leave the heart, and (2) It prevents blood that has already left the heart from leaking backwards into the heart.


What do heart valves do in general?

A heart valve stops the flow of blood backwards when the heart muscle pulses. Without the valve there would be no direction to the flow of the blood.


What happens in the right ventricle of the heart?

The right ventricle is one of four chambers (two atria and two ventricles) in the human heart. It receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium via the tricuspid valve, and pumps it into the pulmonary artery via the pulmonary valve and pulmonary trunk. (source Wikipedia)it pulmbs blood to the heart or it carries blood to the whole part of the heart


What regulates the flow of blood through the heart?

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Entrance valve that sees only unoxygenated blood?

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What is blood flow from tricuspid valve from feet?

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