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Everything about Heart

Organ found in humans and other animals

The heart is a muscular organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make up the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissue, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs. In humans, the heart is approximately the size of a closed fist and is located between the lungs, in the middle compartment of the chest, called the mediastinum. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: HeartA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart AssociationInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Heart of DarknessThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failureCited 13,046 times
  5. Go sideways: SystoleA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Cardiac cycleA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

Noun One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.

Noun The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.

Noun Compassion.

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  2. Development
  3. Physiology
  4. Clinical significance
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  6. Society and culture
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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