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This video combines animation and real footage of the heart to demonstrate how the atrial, pulmonic, mitral, and tricuspid valves of the heart work. The coordinated opening and closing of these valves is what allows the heart to provide blood flow and pressure in one direction, toward the lungs and body.

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Coronary Angiography

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The Pacemaker of the Heart

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Cardiology Medical Animation Reel

This animation shows what angioplasty and stent deployment look like if you could see inside of the blood vessels, up close. There is no narration, but the "balloon" being opened is the angioplasty procedure while the "chicken-wire" cylinder is the stent.

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They've become more prevalent since the heart surgery.


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