Pacemaker current (If) in the human sinoatrial node
... AV nodal physiology. Atrial tachycardias were noninducible upon programmed stimulation, burst pacing, and isoproterenol or acetylcholine infusion, precluding any opportunity for RF catheter ablation. Thus, various antiarrhythmic drugs were used, including pindolol, metoprolol, verapamil, flecainide, ...
... AV nodal physiology. Atrial tachycardias were noninducible upon programmed stimulation, burst pacing, and isoproterenol or acetylcholine infusion, precluding any opportunity for RF catheter ablation. Thus, various antiarrhythmic drugs were used, including pindolol, metoprolol, verapamil, flecainide, ...
Heart failure. Myocardial Infarction Ph.D., MD, Assistant Professor
... permeate every tissue and reach every cell in the body. It is in the microscopic capillaries that blood performs its ultimate transport function. Nutrients and other essential materials pass from capillary blood into fluids surrounding the cells as waste products are removed. ...
... permeate every tissue and reach every cell in the body. It is in the microscopic capillaries that blood performs its ultimate transport function. Nutrients and other essential materials pass from capillary blood into fluids surrounding the cells as waste products are removed. ...
OMB No. 0925-0046, Biographical Sketch Format Page
... study endogenous cardiac regeneration and have developed targeted mouse models to perform genetic lineage tracing of cardiac progenitor cells. Cardiac progenitor cells are attractive targets for therapeutic regeneration since they have multi-lineage potential. Although previous studies have suggeste ...
... study endogenous cardiac regeneration and have developed targeted mouse models to perform genetic lineage tracing of cardiac progenitor cells. Cardiac progenitor cells are attractive targets for therapeutic regeneration since they have multi-lineage potential. Although previous studies have suggeste ...
Cardiovascular disorders in dental practice
... be referred to medical evaluation. If a patient with heart disease collapses in the chair (loss of consciousness, non-palpable pulse), cardiac arrest should be suspected and emergency medical services activated immediately and cardiopulmonary resuscitation initiated without delay. The above caveats ...
... be referred to medical evaluation. If a patient with heart disease collapses in the chair (loss of consciousness, non-palpable pulse), cardiac arrest should be suspected and emergency medical services activated immediately and cardiopulmonary resuscitation initiated without delay. The above caveats ...
What is a Pacemaker?
... the heart called the atrium. The second lead goes into the bottom chamber of the heart called the ventricle. A third lead may be placed into the left ventricle or coronary sinus in individuals that have heart failure or have had an AV node ablation. Your own heart can still beat on its own if it is ...
... the heart called the atrium. The second lead goes into the bottom chamber of the heart called the ventricle. A third lead may be placed into the left ventricle or coronary sinus in individuals that have heart failure or have had an AV node ablation. Your own heart can still beat on its own if it is ...
specialty : cardiology clinical problem: heart failure
... blood pressure and clinical status should be checked before each dose increase. If patients were already on a beta-blocker prior to developing heart failure, it is acceptable to continue with the existing beta-blocker.(Nurse led Heart Failure Clinic) Spironolactone. Patients who remain moderately sy ...
... blood pressure and clinical status should be checked before each dose increase. If patients were already on a beta-blocker prior to developing heart failure, it is acceptable to continue with the existing beta-blocker.(Nurse led Heart Failure Clinic) Spironolactone. Patients who remain moderately sy ...
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... pseudoaneurysm who was referred to our hospital due to tachycardia and hemodynamic instability. After diagnosis of left atrial pseudoaneurysm, aneurysmectomy was performed and the left atrial wall was successfully repaired by surgery three days after admission. In conclusion, due to life threatening ...
... pseudoaneurysm who was referred to our hospital due to tachycardia and hemodynamic instability. After diagnosis of left atrial pseudoaneurysm, aneurysmectomy was performed and the left atrial wall was successfully repaired by surgery three days after admission. In conclusion, due to life threatening ...
Intensive care of the patient with acute myocardial infarction
... no survivors from the eighteen attempted resuscitations on other wards. The high long-term survival rate on our own wards (42%) is due to earlier diagnosis and more effective therapy, and this is due to the concentration of patients, resources and interest. Such concentration is essential for the in ...
... no survivors from the eighteen attempted resuscitations on other wards. The high long-term survival rate on our own wards (42%) is due to earlier diagnosis and more effective therapy, and this is due to the concentration of patients, resources and interest. Such concentration is essential for the in ...
Use of Alternating Current During Diagnostic
... associated with endocardial resection, alternating current was used nine times in four patients. Ventricular tachycardias were elicited seven times; their earliest points of activation were in regions previously localized during preoperative laboratory studies using programmed electrical stimulation ...
... associated with endocardial resection, alternating current was used nine times in four patients. Ventricular tachycardias were elicited seven times; their earliest points of activation were in regions previously localized during preoperative laboratory studies using programmed electrical stimulation ...
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... rhythms is an essential skill that every nurse should master, especially in the perioperative setting. The CRISP (Cardiac Rhythm Identification for Simple People) method is an algorithm designed to help nurses rapidly interpret ECGs. Key aspects of assisting patients with suspected cardiac issues inc ...
... rhythms is an essential skill that every nurse should master, especially in the perioperative setting. The CRISP (Cardiac Rhythm Identification for Simple People) method is an algorithm designed to help nurses rapidly interpret ECGs. Key aspects of assisting patients with suspected cardiac issues inc ...
Update on b-Blockers In the Management of Heart
... not cause undue fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or angina. Slight limitation of physical activity. Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or angina. ...
... not cause undue fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or angina. Slight limitation of physical activity. Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or angina. ...
Ventricular Stimulation After Myocardial Infarction
... - The main benefit is the diagnosis and the evaluation of the mechanism of a wide QRS tachycardia or the diagnosis of symptoms of tachycardia. The method remains always essential (11). - The second benefit which is actually debated is the risk stratification of patients with MI: the method is useful ...
... - The main benefit is the diagnosis and the evaluation of the mechanism of a wide QRS tachycardia or the diagnosis of symptoms of tachycardia. The method remains always essential (11). - The second benefit which is actually debated is the risk stratification of patients with MI: the method is useful ...
Updated Management of Atrial Fibrillation
... not recommended for patients without additional risk factors. Aspirin is suggested for the low-risk patient group with females or vascular diseases. For female patients with age >65 years or and vascular disease combination, OAC treatment is recommended despite a lower CHADS2 score (7). Thromboembol ...
... not recommended for patients without additional risk factors. Aspirin is suggested for the low-risk patient group with females or vascular diseases. For female patients with age >65 years or and vascular disease combination, OAC treatment is recommended despite a lower CHADS2 score (7). Thromboembol ...
Scoring Center: Scoring Cardiac Dysrhythmias - Part 2
... shortened. The presence of an accessory pathway [such as in Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome] also may explain the shortened PR interval. If the PR interval is lengthened, then there is some type of AV block. Determine if the QRS interval is normal or too long; only in rare cases will it be too ...
... shortened. The presence of an accessory pathway [such as in Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome] also may explain the shortened PR interval. If the PR interval is lengthened, then there is some type of AV block. Determine if the QRS interval is normal or too long; only in rare cases will it be too ...
Background Lecture - IEEE Real World Engineering Projects
... electricity then flows through the atria, upper chambers, of the heart. This is represented in an ECG by the “P-wave”. Electricity next flows through the ventricles, bottom chambers, in the “QRS-complex” as they contract and push blood out to the body. Finally, the heart resets electrically on t ...
... electricity then flows through the atria, upper chambers, of the heart. This is represented in an ECG by the “P-wave”. Electricity next flows through the ventricles, bottom chambers, in the “QRS-complex” as they contract and push blood out to the body. Finally, the heart resets electrically on t ...
Young Hearts for Life Packet
... We are pleased to bring the Young Hearts for Life® (YH4L) Cardiac Screening Program to Johnsburg School District on January 10, 2014. All students grades 7 through 12 whose parents authorize them to be tested will be screened. YH4L provides cardiac screenings which include an ECG (electrocardiogram) ...
... We are pleased to bring the Young Hearts for Life® (YH4L) Cardiac Screening Program to Johnsburg School District on January 10, 2014. All students grades 7 through 12 whose parents authorize them to be tested will be screened. YH4L provides cardiac screenings which include an ECG (electrocardiogram) ...
Management of arrhythmias in heart failure. What a practicing
... and their coexistence complicates patient management [50]. Of the 2 principal therapeutic strategies in managing AF, rate control and rhythm control, neither has been shown to be superior to the other in terms of survival, despite better quality of life and LV function in patients with sinus rhythm ...
... and their coexistence complicates patient management [50]. Of the 2 principal therapeutic strategies in managing AF, rate control and rhythm control, neither has been shown to be superior to the other in terms of survival, despite better quality of life and LV function in patients with sinus rhythm ...
Electroanatomic Mapping System - European Journal of Medical
... Electroanatomic mapping systems have been introduced into clinical electrophysiology over two decades ago [1-2]. In principle, such systems consist of three different parts: non-fluoroscopic catheter localization, calculation of electrical activation sequences and voltage maps [3-5], 3D display of t ...
... Electroanatomic mapping systems have been introduced into clinical electrophysiology over two decades ago [1-2]. In principle, such systems consist of three different parts: non-fluoroscopic catheter localization, calculation of electrical activation sequences and voltage maps [3-5], 3D display of t ...
Heart Failure/ADHF Powerpoint
... Cardiomyoplasty technique: the left latissimus dorsi muscle (LDM) is transposed into the chest through a window created by resecting the anterior segment of the 2nd rib (5 cm). The LDM is then wrapped arround both ventricles. Sensing and pacing electrodes are connected to an implantable cardiomyos ...
... Cardiomyoplasty technique: the left latissimus dorsi muscle (LDM) is transposed into the chest through a window created by resecting the anterior segment of the 2nd rib (5 cm). The LDM is then wrapped arround both ventricles. Sensing and pacing electrodes are connected to an implantable cardiomyos ...
A case of advanced second-degree atrioventricular block in a ferret
... et al., 2006). Alternatively, it has been proposed the medical management with isoproterenol (Wagner, 2006). Unfortunately, the rapid deterioration of the patient’s conditions prevented us from attempting this approach. It is conceivable that AV block in our patient was secondary to its underlying n ...
... et al., 2006). Alternatively, it has been proposed the medical management with isoproterenol (Wagner, 2006). Unfortunately, the rapid deterioration of the patient’s conditions prevented us from attempting this approach. It is conceivable that AV block in our patient was secondary to its underlying n ...
Absolute and relative exercise risk for patients with arrhythmias
... "...runners are much like ordinary mortals. They can, sad to say, get sick. They can even die” ...
... "...runners are much like ordinary mortals. They can, sad to say, get sick. They can even die” ...
Heart failure
... NYHA Classification of HF Class I —No limitation: Ordinary physical activity does not cause undue fatigue, dyspnea, or palpitation. Class II —Slight limitation of physical activity: Such patients are comfortable at rest.Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation dyspnea, or angina. ...
... NYHA Classification of HF Class I —No limitation: Ordinary physical activity does not cause undue fatigue, dyspnea, or palpitation. Class II —Slight limitation of physical activity: Such patients are comfortable at rest.Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation dyspnea, or angina. ...
Arrhythmogenic effect of flecainide toxicity
... depresses the rate of depolarization of cardiac action potentials producing a membrane stabilizing action. It is a very effective anti-arrhythmic agent against supraventricular arrhythmias, nevertheless flecainide is contraindicated in patients with structural heart disease because it increased mort ...
... depresses the rate of depolarization of cardiac action potentials producing a membrane stabilizing action. It is a very effective anti-arrhythmic agent against supraventricular arrhythmias, nevertheless flecainide is contraindicated in patients with structural heart disease because it increased mort ...
Heart murmurs in puppies and kittens - Acapulco-Vet
... the area of the traditional aortic valve area on the left side at the level of the mid-heart to heart base often radiating to the left heart apex. The pulmonic area consists of the traditional pulmonic valve area cranially at the left heart base but also includes a corresponding area on the right cr ...
... the area of the traditional aortic valve area on the left side at the level of the mid-heart to heart base often radiating to the left heart apex. The pulmonic area consists of the traditional pulmonic valve area cranially at the left heart base but also includes a corresponding area on the right cr ...