Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) - American Heart Association
... (septum) between the heart’s two upper chambers (atria). What causes it? Every child is born with an opening between the upper heart chambers. It’s a normal fetal opening that allows blood to detour away from the lungs before birth. After birth, the opening is no longer needed and usually closes or ...
... (septum) between the heart’s two upper chambers (atria). What causes it? Every child is born with an opening between the upper heart chambers. It’s a normal fetal opening that allows blood to detour away from the lungs before birth. After birth, the opening is no longer needed and usually closes or ...
END STAGE HEART FAILURE – TRANSPLANTATION OR LVAD?
... arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. The diastolic left ventricular dysfunction has become a more common reason of heart failure. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have developed a classification of heart failure based upon the evolution and progressi ...
... arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. The diastolic left ventricular dysfunction has become a more common reason of heart failure. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have developed a classification of heart failure based upon the evolution and progressi ...
Bonita MB Porter, B.Sc., Phm., B.Sc., MD, CCFP Chief Coroner for
... Guidelines for the Investigation of Sudden Cardiac Death: Coroner's Investigation and Medicolegal Autopsy Sudden unexpected cardiac death of persons under the age of 40 is not rare. The incidence is estimated at 3.5 to 5.5 per million population per year, with significant loss of years of potential ...
... Guidelines for the Investigation of Sudden Cardiac Death: Coroner's Investigation and Medicolegal Autopsy Sudden unexpected cardiac death of persons under the age of 40 is not rare. The incidence is estimated at 3.5 to 5.5 per million population per year, with significant loss of years of potential ...
Heart Failure Fact Sheet
... Lifestyle Changes: Certain lifestyle changes can help alleviate symptoms, slow disease progression and improve everyday life. These changes could include quitting smoking, losing or maintaining weight, eating a heart healthy diet, being physically active, managing stress and getting adequate rest. ...
... Lifestyle Changes: Certain lifestyle changes can help alleviate symptoms, slow disease progression and improve everyday life. These changes could include quitting smoking, losing or maintaining weight, eating a heart healthy diet, being physically active, managing stress and getting adequate rest. ...
Heart Failure Fact Sheet
... Lifestyle Changes: Certain lifestyle changes can help alleviate symptoms, slow disease progression and improve everyday life. These changes could include quitting smoking, losing or maintaining weight, eating a heart healthy diet, being physically active, managing stress and getting adequate rest. ...
... Lifestyle Changes: Certain lifestyle changes can help alleviate symptoms, slow disease progression and improve everyday life. These changes could include quitting smoking, losing or maintaining weight, eating a heart healthy diet, being physically active, managing stress and getting adequate rest. ...
The Circulatory System:
... • sinus rhythm - normal heartbeat triggered by the SA node – set by SA node at 60 – 100 bpm – adult at rest is 70 to 80 bpm (vagal tone) ...
... • sinus rhythm - normal heartbeat triggered by the SA node – set by SA node at 60 – 100 bpm – adult at rest is 70 to 80 bpm (vagal tone) ...
Night-time Bradyarrhythmia in a Patient with Mild Obstructive Sleep
... Figure 2a—Hypnogram, oxygen saturation, respiratory events (obstructive hypopneas), and heart rate during the first night without treatment. Recurring episodes of intermittent second-degree atrioventricular block are marked with *. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2006 ...
... Figure 2a—Hypnogram, oxygen saturation, respiratory events (obstructive hypopneas), and heart rate during the first night without treatment. Recurring episodes of intermittent second-degree atrioventricular block are marked with *. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2006 ...
Feline Cardiomyopathies
... can see an elevated pressure in these chambers and vessels. This can cause fluid to accumulate in the lungs or chest cavity, which is referred to as congestive heart failure. Cats with enlargement of the atria are also at risk for blood clot formation. If a clot forms within the heart, this can disl ...
... can see an elevated pressure in these chambers and vessels. This can cause fluid to accumulate in the lungs or chest cavity, which is referred to as congestive heart failure. Cats with enlargement of the atria are also at risk for blood clot formation. If a clot forms within the heart, this can disl ...
Epicardial Pacing
... children without any atrial sensing problem. Loss of atrial sensing can be a problem in children with operated congenital heart diseases. It may be first choice older children with congenital AV block and normal sinus node dysfunction. ...
... children without any atrial sensing problem. Loss of atrial sensing can be a problem in children with operated congenital heart diseases. It may be first choice older children with congenital AV block and normal sinus node dysfunction. ...
Activity 5.3.2: Heart Matter
... Listen carefully. Can you hear or feel your heart beating? What do you know about your heart other than it is beating? How does blood enter and exit the heart? What do the valves do? What happens when something doesn’t work correctly? What kinds of heart dysfunctions exist, and which ones can be cor ...
... Listen carefully. Can you hear or feel your heart beating? What do you know about your heart other than it is beating? How does blood enter and exit the heart? What do the valves do? What happens when something doesn’t work correctly? What kinds of heart dysfunctions exist, and which ones can be cor ...
Current™ DR RF
... The Current™ DR RF ICD is intended to provide ventricular antitachycardia pacing and ventricular defibrillation for automated treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. AF suppression pacing is indicated for suppression of paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrilltion in patients with the ...
... The Current™ DR RF ICD is intended to provide ventricular antitachycardia pacing and ventricular defibrillation for automated treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. AF suppression pacing is indicated for suppression of paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrilltion in patients with the ...
How does the heart work? What is cardiomyopathy? What causes
... discovered (or if it is there is no treatment). If the heart disease is recognised early enough long-term medication and other measures can slow the disease down but they will not stop it completely. It may help to change your cat's lifestyle to eliminate stress (although most cats lead pretty stres ...
... discovered (or if it is there is no treatment). If the heart disease is recognised early enough long-term medication and other measures can slow the disease down but they will not stop it completely. It may help to change your cat's lifestyle to eliminate stress (although most cats lead pretty stres ...
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: A case report
... do not involve life-threatening. If left ventricular function is normal, Class I antiarrhythmic drugs may be helpful. If ventricular function is depressed, some authors prefer amiodarone, which can be combined with beta blockers13. Patients with sustained VT or ventricular fibrillation should receiv ...
... do not involve life-threatening. If left ventricular function is normal, Class I antiarrhythmic drugs may be helpful. If ventricular function is depressed, some authors prefer amiodarone, which can be combined with beta blockers13. Patients with sustained VT or ventricular fibrillation should receiv ...
Cardiophysiology - Sinoe Medical Association
... Use calcium influx (rather than sodium) for rising phase of the action potential ...
... Use calcium influx (rather than sodium) for rising phase of the action potential ...
Pulse PPT
... – Pulse deficit – heart condition in which heart is weak and does not pump enough to blood to produce a pulse or heart beats too fast and there is not enough time for the heart to fill with blood • The heart does not produce a pulse during each beat • Apical pulse rate is higher than the pulse rate ...
... – Pulse deficit – heart condition in which heart is weak and does not pump enough to blood to produce a pulse or heart beats too fast and there is not enough time for the heart to fill with blood • The heart does not produce a pulse during each beat • Apical pulse rate is higher than the pulse rate ...
Read booklet - Heart Rhythm Alliance
... A simple and easily identifiable sign of AF is an irregular pulse. For this reason, many AF experts and patient advocacy groups are calling for regular pulse checks to become a free, swift and routine part of every GP visit. However, AF is frequently intermittent and many people with AF have no or no ...
... A simple and easily identifiable sign of AF is an irregular pulse. For this reason, many AF experts and patient advocacy groups are calling for regular pulse checks to become a free, swift and routine part of every GP visit. However, AF is frequently intermittent and many people with AF have no or no ...
Case 7 Bradycardia Case Scenario Case Scenario 87-Year
... Third-degree AV block? • Atropine 0.5 to 1.0 mg pacing if available – 7.5 µgs = 45 gtts / min•• Transcutaneous Dopamine 5 to 20 µg/kg per minute 2 to 10 µg/min ...
... Third-degree AV block? • Atropine 0.5 to 1.0 mg pacing if available – 7.5 µgs = 45 gtts / min•• Transcutaneous Dopamine 5 to 20 µg/kg per minute 2 to 10 µg/min ...
provisional programme
... neck. Removing the abdominal pressure should then result in a return to the initial situationwith no JVP visible. The problem is that there are both false positive and false negatives with this manoeuvre and it causes significant discomfort to the patient (“The last doctor punched me in the guts and ...
... neck. Removing the abdominal pressure should then result in a return to the initial situationwith no JVP visible. The problem is that there are both false positive and false negatives with this manoeuvre and it causes significant discomfort to the patient (“The last doctor punched me in the guts and ...
Electrocardiography Case Studies: Review Questions
... antidepressants and amiodarone. Rate: 80 bpm Rhythm: normal sinus rhythm with accelerated junctional Axis: 20 degrees PR interval: 238 ms QRS duration: 95 ms QT duration: 700 ms ST-/T-wave changes: nonspecific ST abnormalities Diagnosis: normal sinus rhythm with paroxysmal accelerated junctional tac ...
... antidepressants and amiodarone. Rate: 80 bpm Rhythm: normal sinus rhythm with accelerated junctional Axis: 20 degrees PR interval: 238 ms QRS duration: 95 ms QT duration: 700 ms ST-/T-wave changes: nonspecific ST abnormalities Diagnosis: normal sinus rhythm with paroxysmal accelerated junctional tac ...
Dynamic Analysis of Heart Rate May Predict Subsequent
... were sampled digitally and transferred to a microcomputer for analysis.9 RR intervals were edited manually and non-sinus beats were deleted. The sinus origin of the RR intervals was confirmed by printing out the questionable portions of electrocardiograms with visual confirmation. In the final analy ...
... were sampled digitally and transferred to a microcomputer for analysis.9 RR intervals were edited manually and non-sinus beats were deleted. The sinus origin of the RR intervals was confirmed by printing out the questionable portions of electrocardiograms with visual confirmation. In the final analy ...
090706 Investor Presentation_Video link
... Large and Growing Markets Need MRI Safe and MRI Visualization Technology Over $15.5 billion worth of products ship each year that have contraindications or limitations working with MRI. ...
... Large and Growing Markets Need MRI Safe and MRI Visualization Technology Over $15.5 billion worth of products ship each year that have contraindications or limitations working with MRI. ...
Left ventricular systolic function assessment in patients with dilated
... systolic and diastolic pressures. Contraction of the heart expels a percentage of oxygenated blood known as the cardiac output, given as product of heart rate and stroke volume. The period of contraction is called systole and that of relaxation, diastole. The valves between the atria and ventricles ...
... systolic and diastolic pressures. Contraction of the heart expels a percentage of oxygenated blood known as the cardiac output, given as product of heart rate and stroke volume. The period of contraction is called systole and that of relaxation, diastole. The valves between the atria and ventricles ...
Print This Information
... timing of the pump. The electrical system keeps your heart beating in a regular rhythm and adjusts the rate at which it beats. When the electrical system is working properly, it maintains a normal heart rate and rhythm. Problems with this electrical system can cause an arrhythmia, which means that y ...
... timing of the pump. The electrical system keeps your heart beating in a regular rhythm and adjusts the rate at which it beats. When the electrical system is working properly, it maintains a normal heart rate and rhythm. Problems with this electrical system can cause an arrhythmia, which means that y ...