Newsletter Focus On: Heart Health ®
... Chest pain or discomfort, pain in your arms, left shoulder, neck, jaw, back, or even stomach, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, fast or abnormal heartbeats, nausea, breaking out in cold sweat, and an extreme feeling of tiredness. If you experience one or more of these symptoms and think you migh ...
... Chest pain or discomfort, pain in your arms, left shoulder, neck, jaw, back, or even stomach, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, fast or abnormal heartbeats, nausea, breaking out in cold sweat, and an extreme feeling of tiredness. If you experience one or more of these symptoms and think you migh ...
Contractile cells
... • SA node fires spontaneously 90-100 times per minute • AV node fires at 40-50 times per minute • If both nodes are suppressed fibers in ventricles by themselves fire only 20-40 times per minute • Atrioventricular bundle of His • Ventricular tissue fires at 20-40 beats/minute and can occur at this p ...
... • SA node fires spontaneously 90-100 times per minute • AV node fires at 40-50 times per minute • If both nodes are suppressed fibers in ventricles by themselves fire only 20-40 times per minute • Atrioventricular bundle of His • Ventricular tissue fires at 20-40 beats/minute and can occur at this p ...
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI)
... January 07, 2015: In yet another milestone achievement, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI), India’s leading cardiac care facility, under the guidance of Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute conducted a heart transplant surgery on a 16 year old boy, giving him a new lease of lif ...
... January 07, 2015: In yet another milestone achievement, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI), India’s leading cardiac care facility, under the guidance of Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute conducted a heart transplant surgery on a 16 year old boy, giving him a new lease of lif ...
dysrhythmics
... channel states. Recovery time of Na channels from excitation/depolarization strongly contributes to the refractory period and is increased by many drugs (See Fig 2). ...
... channel states. Recovery time of Na channels from excitation/depolarization strongly contributes to the refractory period and is increased by many drugs (See Fig 2). ...
Slide 1
... • Your pulse is caused by pressure of the blood on the artery wall and it corresponds to your heart beat. The best locations for measuring your pulse rate are at the wrist and neck, where arteries lie just below the skin. • Count the number of beats for six seconds and place a zero at the end of tha ...
... • Your pulse is caused by pressure of the blood on the artery wall and it corresponds to your heart beat. The best locations for measuring your pulse rate are at the wrist and neck, where arteries lie just below the skin. • Count the number of beats for six seconds and place a zero at the end of tha ...
Feline Cardiac Support - Veterinary Center of Parker Inc.
... Feline Cardiac Support is a nutritional supplement formulated with ingredients known as functional foods. These are foods that have been shown to benefit various organs and tissues in the body. Feline Cardiac Support is formulated to provide support for the myriad of tissues involved in cardiovascul ...
... Feline Cardiac Support is a nutritional supplement formulated with ingredients known as functional foods. These are foods that have been shown to benefit various organs and tissues in the body. Feline Cardiac Support is formulated to provide support for the myriad of tissues involved in cardiovascul ...
Medical Management of Atrial Fibrillation
... Treatment choice driven by symptomatic status and evidence of structural heart disease due to tachycardia Some patients are difficult to rate control and rhythm control strategy may be useful No data to suggest that preventing episodes of atrial fibrillation reduces mortality ...
... Treatment choice driven by symptomatic status and evidence of structural heart disease due to tachycardia Some patients are difficult to rate control and rhythm control strategy may be useful No data to suggest that preventing episodes of atrial fibrillation reduces mortality ...
Case
... Amiodarone is the most effective antiarrhythmic drugs for the treatment of supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Despite that, amiodarone has numerous adverse effects. Amiodarone may prolong QT interval, although polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (torsades de pointes) is rare. Prolong ...
... Amiodarone is the most effective antiarrhythmic drugs for the treatment of supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Despite that, amiodarone has numerous adverse effects. Amiodarone may prolong QT interval, although polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (torsades de pointes) is rare. Prolong ...
Web Quest – The Circulatory Sytem
... Click on: Map of the Human Heart 1. What does your heart do? Click on: Launch Interactive Click on Track Read and the Click on Step Thru 2. List the six steps that blood follows. Click on: Anatomy 3. Why does right and left seem backward on the picture? Click on: Facts 5. Where is your heart located ...
... Click on: Map of the Human Heart 1. What does your heart do? Click on: Launch Interactive Click on Track Read and the Click on Step Thru 2. List the six steps that blood follows. Click on: Anatomy 3. Why does right and left seem backward on the picture? Click on: Facts 5. Where is your heart located ...
Chapter 20: The Heart
... Distribute impulse through ventricles (Step 5) Atrial contraction is completed Ventricular contraction begins ...
... Distribute impulse through ventricles (Step 5) Atrial contraction is completed Ventricular contraction begins ...
Ventricular tachycardia in abnormal heart
... • The two groups of tracings differed in terms of QRS axis, most often normal in idiopathic VT (75%) and abnormal in MIVT (74%) • The sum of QRS amplitude in unipolar limb leads was greater in idiopathic VT (4.3±1.3 mv, mean±S.D.) than in MIVT (2.6±0.8 mv, P>0.001) • The QRS width was also different ...
... • The two groups of tracings differed in terms of QRS axis, most often normal in idiopathic VT (75%) and abnormal in MIVT (74%) • The sum of QRS amplitude in unipolar limb leads was greater in idiopathic VT (4.3±1.3 mv, mean±S.D.) than in MIVT (2.6±0.8 mv, P>0.001) • The QRS width was also different ...
Meeting Highlights Summary
... this population and therapies to improve cardiac function are very limited at this point. Bob Shaddy discussed the Carvedilol trial in children with heart failure. A key point from his presentation was the difficulty in defining (and quantifying) heart failure and how this impacts management of this ...
... this population and therapies to improve cardiac function are very limited at this point. Bob Shaddy discussed the Carvedilol trial in children with heart failure. A key point from his presentation was the difficulty in defining (and quantifying) heart failure and how this impacts management of this ...
CH20 Page 1-2 - Pharmacotherapy
... • Magnesium, IV bolus 2 g over 5 minutes. This therapy is chosen because magnesium is particularly effective for TdP and is thus considered first line in therapy for hemodynamically stable patients. Magnesium shortens the QTc interval and suppresses early after depolarizations. Because the patient’ ...
... • Magnesium, IV bolus 2 g over 5 minutes. This therapy is chosen because magnesium is particularly effective for TdP and is thus considered first line in therapy for hemodynamically stable patients. Magnesium shortens the QTc interval and suppresses early after depolarizations. Because the patient’ ...
cardiovascular disorders in neonates
... exercise levels and diets Many other causes as well: genes, infections from mothers, medications of mothers etc. ...
... exercise levels and diets Many other causes as well: genes, infections from mothers, medications of mothers etc. ...
ECG IN CHD - Cardiology
... ECG, accurate physical examination and radiology form the tripod on which rests the clinical diagnosis in Ped. Card. Omission of, unfamiliarity with or misinterpretation of any of these three tools spells disaster. ...
... ECG, accurate physical examination and radiology form the tripod on which rests the clinical diagnosis in Ped. Card. Omission of, unfamiliarity with or misinterpretation of any of these three tools spells disaster. ...
ACHA Q and A: Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great
... made in infancy. However, it is not unusual for CCTGA to be found later in childhood or adulthood. This is because you can have no symptoms and have CCTGA. Often it is the start of new heart symptoms that lead to a diagnosis of CCTGA. Sometimes it is found accidentally when routine heart tests are d ...
... made in infancy. However, it is not unusual for CCTGA to be found later in childhood or adulthood. This is because you can have no symptoms and have CCTGA. Often it is the start of new heart symptoms that lead to a diagnosis of CCTGA. Sometimes it is found accidentally when routine heart tests are d ...
Template for BMJ Cases - ELSO 2016
... DBT 10 ug/kg/min and cold ischemia time of 4h 15 min (optimal <3 h) that may have contributed to the origin of PGF. Although there are case reports of heart transplant patients who received Central VAECMO implant due to failure of weaning from BCP (3,4), no one reported any case showing so long supp ...
... DBT 10 ug/kg/min and cold ischemia time of 4h 15 min (optimal <3 h) that may have contributed to the origin of PGF. Although there are case reports of heart transplant patients who received Central VAECMO implant due to failure of weaning from BCP (3,4), no one reported any case showing so long supp ...
“Right Bundle Branch Block without Overt Heart Disease Predicts
... (3) Association with radiation We conducted an analysis of the association between A-bomb radiation and RBBB or pacemaker implantation, but did not observe any significant correlation. It has been reported that high-dose radiotherapy can cause cardiac conduction disturbance. In this study, however, ...
... (3) Association with radiation We conducted an analysis of the association between A-bomb radiation and RBBB or pacemaker implantation, but did not observe any significant correlation. It has been reported that high-dose radiotherapy can cause cardiac conduction disturbance. In this study, however, ...
Atrial Fibrillation and Ablation Therapy: A Patient`s Guide
... describing electrical impulses located within the pulmonary veins that could trigger episodes of AF in patients with paroxysmal AF. Most people have four pulmonary veins that are attached directly to the left atrium. Further research over the past 5 to 7 years has revealed that there can be other tr ...
... describing electrical impulses located within the pulmonary veins that could trigger episodes of AF in patients with paroxysmal AF. Most people have four pulmonary veins that are attached directly to the left atrium. Further research over the past 5 to 7 years has revealed that there can be other tr ...
40. Isovolumetric Contraction - Fig. 9
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Powerpoint Presentation (P3)
... complex and the ST segment and this point represents zero current in the heart as all parts of the ventricles are depolarized •ST segment depression is usually due to imbalance between supply and demand and will reverse when exercise is stopped during a stress test ...
... complex and the ST segment and this point represents zero current in the heart as all parts of the ventricles are depolarized •ST segment depression is usually due to imbalance between supply and demand and will reverse when exercise is stopped during a stress test ...
1 The Cardiovascular System
... • Blood in the heart chambers does not nourish the myocardium • Intrinsic conduction system (nodal system) ...
... • Blood in the heart chambers does not nourish the myocardium • Intrinsic conduction system (nodal system) ...
Cardiac Output
... Generally proportional to body surface area. Cardiac Index (CI): Approximately 3 liters/min/m2 of body surface area. CI varies with age, peaking at around 8 years. ...
... Generally proportional to body surface area. Cardiac Index (CI): Approximately 3 liters/min/m2 of body surface area. CI varies with age, peaking at around 8 years. ...
Radiofrequency ablation of premature ventricular contractions
... discern because of their anatomic vicinity, in particular if arising from the right ventricular outflow tract, aortic sinus cusps, and aortomitral continuity (AMC).1–3 A new approach to accurately diagnose ventricular arrhythmias based on noninvasive electrocardiographic imaging was recently introduc ...
... discern because of their anatomic vicinity, in particular if arising from the right ventricular outflow tract, aortic sinus cusps, and aortomitral continuity (AMC).1–3 A new approach to accurately diagnose ventricular arrhythmias based on noninvasive electrocardiographic imaging was recently introduc ...