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Live And Kicking Part 1

A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail

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The Left Atrial Appendage

The left atrial appendage is responsible for one quarter of all strokes. It's a little finger like structure coming off the left atrum in the heart, rather than anything to do with the bowel. If people go into an irregular heart rhythm, which is quite common as we get older, blood inside the left atril appendage kind of starts acting likes a teen ager. And if i was going to tell you all of them, would be here for days.

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