Anterior MI
... (but not in the SA node), therefore the contour of the P wave, the PR interval, and the timing are different than a normally generated pulse from the SA node. ...
... (but not in the SA node), therefore the contour of the P wave, the PR interval, and the timing are different than a normally generated pulse from the SA node. ...
The heart is complicated, hard-working organ (Heart Attack, 2003
... The cause of cardiac arrest is by problems in the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart muscle. When blood supply is interrupted, the heart cannot work properly (Heart Attack, 2003). In a heart attack, or coronary thrombosis, a clot in the artery cuts off the blood supply to part of th ...
... The cause of cardiac arrest is by problems in the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart muscle. When blood supply is interrupted, the heart cannot work properly (Heart Attack, 2003). In a heart attack, or coronary thrombosis, a clot in the artery cuts off the blood supply to part of th ...
printable factsheet
... Blood changes in DCM are not specific, but may indicate poor kidney function due to reduced blood supply to the kidneys. There is now a blood test (proANP) that can be used for early detection of heart disease in dogs and this may be useful in some cases if other diagnostic methods are not available ...
... Blood changes in DCM are not specific, but may indicate poor kidney function due to reduced blood supply to the kidneys. There is now a blood test (proANP) that can be used for early detection of heart disease in dogs and this may be useful in some cases if other diagnostic methods are not available ...
Got Blood?
... signal from a bundle of nerve tissue in the right wall of the atrium. •This bundle is called the Sinoatrial node (SA node) or the pacemaker (because it sets the pace for our heart beat). ...
... signal from a bundle of nerve tissue in the right wall of the atrium. •This bundle is called the Sinoatrial node (SA node) or the pacemaker (because it sets the pace for our heart beat). ...
Identification of ECG Arrhythmias using Phase Space Reconstruction
... are learned for each of the following rhythms: sinus rhythm (SR), monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (MVT), polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT), and ventricular fibrillation. A neural net is used to learn the attractors using features formed from the two-dimensional reconstructed phase space. ...
... are learned for each of the following rhythms: sinus rhythm (SR), monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (MVT), polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT), and ventricular fibrillation. A neural net is used to learn the attractors using features formed from the two-dimensional reconstructed phase space. ...
ventricular tachycardia: recognition and Management for the internist
... origin, adenosine and lidocaine previously were recommended. This recommendation has recently been changed. Before giving any anti-arrhythmic medication, attempts should be made to determine the origin of the tachycardia. Signs of AV dissociation on the ECG, esophageal ECG, and the clinical characte ...
... origin, adenosine and lidocaine previously were recommended. This recommendation has recently been changed. Before giving any anti-arrhythmic medication, attempts should be made to determine the origin of the tachycardia. Signs of AV dissociation on the ECG, esophageal ECG, and the clinical characte ...
The Cardiac Cycle
... – Electrical system of the heart is more strongly stimulated to beat inc heart rate • Congestive heart failure – Heart “worn out” – digitalis (drug) prescribed, strengthens contractions to inc. cardiac output • Epinephrine & thyroxine increase heart rate • Electrolyte levels (ions) – Low calcium d ...
... – Electrical system of the heart is more strongly stimulated to beat inc heart rate • Congestive heart failure – Heart “worn out” – digitalis (drug) prescribed, strengthens contractions to inc. cardiac output • Epinephrine & thyroxine increase heart rate • Electrolyte levels (ions) – Low calcium d ...
Atrial septal defect - Great Ormond Street Hospital
... a small hole in the atrial septum while in the womb, covered by a small flap called the foramen ovale. If the hole remains after birth, it is called a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Low defects of the atrial wall (primum ASD) This type of ASD occurs together with an abnormality of the one-way valve b ...
... a small hole in the atrial septum while in the womb, covered by a small flap called the foramen ovale. If the hole remains after birth, it is called a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Low defects of the atrial wall (primum ASD) This type of ASD occurs together with an abnormality of the one-way valve b ...
Thursday 22nd October 2015 – Heart Failure Update
... • improved use of BNP, to help in more appropriate management by the right team ...
... • improved use of BNP, to help in more appropriate management by the right team ...
Preexcitation syndrome in Children
... and ventricular septal defect.5 The patients with congenital heart defects and WPW may be at a higher risk to develop symptoms.6 These patients frequently have dilated cardiac chambers which provide for atrial or ventricular extrasystole and initiate reentrant tachycardia. In these patients, tachyca ...
... and ventricular septal defect.5 The patients with congenital heart defects and WPW may be at a higher risk to develop symptoms.6 These patients frequently have dilated cardiac chambers which provide for atrial or ventricular extrasystole and initiate reentrant tachycardia. In these patients, tachyca ...
How your Heart beats…
... We shall start when the atria and ventricles are in diastole. Blood at a low pressure in the veins flows into the atria. This increases the pressure inside the empty atria as they fill. Some of the blood trickles through the open atrioventricular valves into the relaxed ventricles below. When the at ...
... We shall start when the atria and ventricles are in diastole. Blood at a low pressure in the veins flows into the atria. This increases the pressure inside the empty atria as they fill. Some of the blood trickles through the open atrioventricular valves into the relaxed ventricles below. When the at ...
How your Heart beats…
... We shall start when the atria and ventricles are in diastole. Blood at a low pressure in the veins flows into the atria. This increases the pressure inside the empty atria as they fill. Some of the blood trickles through the open atrioventricular valves into the relaxed ventricles below. When the at ...
... We shall start when the atria and ventricles are in diastole. Blood at a low pressure in the veins flows into the atria. This increases the pressure inside the empty atria as they fill. Some of the blood trickles through the open atrioventricular valves into the relaxed ventricles below. When the at ...
Physio Lecture 15 Depolarization cells and heart
... The contractile cells are large, they branch, and they are connected to each other by a special gap junction, a type of desmosome, called an intercalated disc. These discs allow the cytoplasm from one cell to mix with the cytoplasm with the adjacent cell. If one cell starts an action potential, the ...
... The contractile cells are large, they branch, and they are connected to each other by a special gap junction, a type of desmosome, called an intercalated disc. These discs allow the cytoplasm from one cell to mix with the cytoplasm with the adjacent cell. If one cell starts an action potential, the ...
Electrical properties - Akademik Ciamik 2010
... • Depolarization phase followed by rapid, partial early depolarization and then the plateau phase and ended by final repolarization phase • Depolarization is due to the opening of voltage-gated Na+ channels and reaches approximately (+)20 mV • During depolarization voltage-gated K+ channels are clos ...
... • Depolarization phase followed by rapid, partial early depolarization and then the plateau phase and ended by final repolarization phase • Depolarization is due to the opening of voltage-gated Na+ channels and reaches approximately (+)20 mV • During depolarization voltage-gated K+ channels are clos ...
May 16-20, 2016 - Western University
... Reddy, et al. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2657-65 2. Usha Manian: Catheter ablation of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): a multicenter randomized controlled trial K. Kuck, Lancet 2010;375-31-40 3. Tuan Nguyen: Freedom from rec ...
... Reddy, et al. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2657-65 2. Usha Manian: Catheter ablation of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): a multicenter randomized controlled trial K. Kuck, Lancet 2010;375-31-40 3. Tuan Nguyen: Freedom from rec ...
Planning Outline: The Beat of the Heart
... Planning Outline: The Beat of the Heart Acceptable Evidence: What would you have to observe to believe that the students have mastered the objective? What product or activity would provide proof that the students can use this knowledge and these skills to show that they understand? Acceptable Eviden ...
... Planning Outline: The Beat of the Heart Acceptable Evidence: What would you have to observe to believe that the students have mastered the objective? What product or activity would provide proof that the students can use this knowledge and these skills to show that they understand? Acceptable Eviden ...
Ch 21: Cardiovascular System - The Heart
... - Therefore the impulse that spreads throughout the atria does not spread to the ventricles and vice versa - This permit independent contractions of atria and ventricles - i.e, the ventricles are filled during their relaxation by the contraction and emptying of the atria. - AV bundle fibers - smalle ...
... - Therefore the impulse that spreads throughout the atria does not spread to the ventricles and vice versa - This permit independent contractions of atria and ventricles - i.e, the ventricles are filled during their relaxation by the contraction and emptying of the atria. - AV bundle fibers - smalle ...
BASIC ECG INTERPRETATION
... and goes) Supraventricular tachycardia( a sustained SVT) Atrial flutter( a characteristic type of sustained SVT) Ventricular Tachycardia's ( also called wide complex tachycardia's) are tachycardia’s in which the pacemaker lies below the AV node. In this case the QRS width is prolonged. (over 0 ...
... and goes) Supraventricular tachycardia( a sustained SVT) Atrial flutter( a characteristic type of sustained SVT) Ventricular Tachycardia's ( also called wide complex tachycardia's) are tachycardia’s in which the pacemaker lies below the AV node. In this case the QRS width is prolonged. (over 0 ...
MCQ CVS
... (D) all of the above. (E) non of the above. 79. As regard the standard limb leads of ECG, lead II represents: (A) the potential difference between the left arm and the right arm. (B) the potential difference between the left leg and the left arm. (C) the potential difference between the left leg and ...
... (D) all of the above. (E) non of the above. 79. As regard the standard limb leads of ECG, lead II represents: (A) the potential difference between the left arm and the right arm. (B) the potential difference between the left leg and the left arm. (C) the potential difference between the left leg and ...
140701-cjw-Fin - Patient Information PB
... Clots are made up of two main components from the blood. These two components are (i) fibrin, a long protein that binds together to form a mesh and (ii) platelets, small cell particles that stick to the mesh and help to hold it together once they become active. The blood can be thinned to different de ...
... Clots are made up of two main components from the blood. These two components are (i) fibrin, a long protein that binds together to form a mesh and (ii) platelets, small cell particles that stick to the mesh and help to hold it together once they become active. The blood can be thinned to different de ...
Response of recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia to verapamil
... aimaline restored sinus rhythm after progressive slowing of the tachycardia (Fig. 1). Verapamil was the only drug administered in the six subsequent attacks and always terminated the tachycardia within three minutes of injection. Maintenance treatment with oral quinidine sulphate (1200 mg/day) faile ...
... aimaline restored sinus rhythm after progressive slowing of the tachycardia (Fig. 1). Verapamil was the only drug administered in the six subsequent attacks and always terminated the tachycardia within three minutes of injection. Maintenance treatment with oral quinidine sulphate (1200 mg/day) faile ...
Cardiac Problems in Children
... • ECG – chamber enlargement • Hyperoxia test - to differentiate between cardiac and pulmonary cause of cyanosis in neonate • Echocardiography - definitive diagnosis • Consider chromosomal analysis ( T21, 22q11) ...
... • ECG – chamber enlargement • Hyperoxia test - to differentiate between cardiac and pulmonary cause of cyanosis in neonate • Echocardiography - definitive diagnosis • Consider chromosomal analysis ( T21, 22q11) ...
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
... or in combination with an ACE inhibitor or ARB Slight reduction in LV filling pressures with ACE inhibitor/ARB QOL scores improved by nearly 50% in each treatment group Conclusion: No clinical benefit of adding an ACE inhibitor or ...
... or in combination with an ACE inhibitor or ARB Slight reduction in LV filling pressures with ACE inhibitor/ARB QOL scores improved by nearly 50% in each treatment group Conclusion: No clinical benefit of adding an ACE inhibitor or ...