Read more about causes of Metastatic cancer. More information about causes of Metastatic cancer: 1  Metastatic cancer as a complication caused by other conditions. 2  Metastatic cancer as a symptom.
When your heart's left ventricle (one of the four chambers of the heart) pumps blood into the aorta (the largest artery in the body), the first muscle to receive the oxygen-rich blood is your heart itself. It receives this blood through the coronary arteries on the surface of the heart.
1 2. 2  Arteries carry blood away from the heart. 3  Right side of heart receives deoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs to pick up oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Right side of heart receives deoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs to pick up oxygen and release carbon dioxide.\n \n3.\n \nLeft side of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it to the body.\n \n4.\n \nBOTH pumps work simultaneously.