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Checking the Vitals: Heart Function and Sound

by: Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM
The function of the heart is purely as a magnificent pump. It fills and empties thousands of times a day. There are four chambers, when divided into two sides, ad the left and right side each performs its functions to transport blood to the cells of the body. The left side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood into the arterial circulation through arteries, arterioles, and eventually capillaries whe... 


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