IHD - Heart Line
... speeds and elevations. This test helps detect heart irregularities, disease and damage. The outcome of T M T is similar to the E C G ...
... speeds and elevations. This test helps detect heart irregularities, disease and damage. The outcome of T M T is similar to the E C G ...
Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine. Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts Brochure
... cardiovascular disorders Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of hospitalization and mortality worldwide, and will account for approximately twenty million deaths in 2015. Due to this growing problem, many patients are being managed by non–cardiovascular physicians in the inpatient setting. As a ...
... cardiovascular disorders Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of hospitalization and mortality worldwide, and will account for approximately twenty million deaths in 2015. Due to this growing problem, many patients are being managed by non–cardiovascular physicians in the inpatient setting. As a ...
Understanding How Your Heart Works
... You should change any unhealthy habits (also called risk factors) that helped to create your heart problems in the first place. Some risk factors are smoking, eating too much fat, not getting enough exercise, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stress. Making changes to reduce risk factors can help k ...
... You should change any unhealthy habits (also called risk factors) that helped to create your heart problems in the first place. Some risk factors are smoking, eating too much fat, not getting enough exercise, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stress. Making changes to reduce risk factors can help k ...
Chapter 2 - Preventing Cardiovascular Disease
... A myocardial infarction (heart attack; death of the heart muscle) occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is disrupted Most heart attacks occur after age 65, but the process begins as early as adolescence ...
... A myocardial infarction (heart attack; death of the heart muscle) occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is disrupted Most heart attacks occur after age 65, but the process begins as early as adolescence ...
Case Study 1- Unit 8
... CVS: Myocardium- an increase in workload leads to left ventricular hypertrophy. Untreated, the strain on the heart working against high pressure system contributes to heart failure overtime. Heart failure may lead to congestive heart failure manifested by poor CO, poor systemic perfusion, dyspnea on ...
... CVS: Myocardium- an increase in workload leads to left ventricular hypertrophy. Untreated, the strain on the heart working against high pressure system contributes to heart failure overtime. Heart failure may lead to congestive heart failure manifested by poor CO, poor systemic perfusion, dyspnea on ...
Early Heart Attack Care - Southern Ohio Medical Center
... Anatomy and Physiology 101: Your Heart Who’s at risk for heart disease? A Heart Attack in Progress Concepts of Early Heart Attack Care Recognition and Intervention Delay and Denial You: The Early Heart Attack Caregiver ...
... Anatomy and Physiology 101: Your Heart Who’s at risk for heart disease? A Heart Attack in Progress Concepts of Early Heart Attack Care Recognition and Intervention Delay and Denial You: The Early Heart Attack Caregiver ...
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
... An ECG taken with a small portable recorder capable of storing information for up to 24hrs is a/an: a. stress test b. nuclear stress test c. electrocardiogram d. cardiac monitor test e. Holter monitor test ...
... An ECG taken with a small portable recorder capable of storing information for up to 24hrs is a/an: a. stress test b. nuclear stress test c. electrocardiogram d. cardiac monitor test e. Holter monitor test ...
Pulmonary Hypertension
... Class III: Less than ordinary physical activity causes undue fatigue or dyspnea, chest pain, or heart syncope. Class IV: Inability to carry on any physical activity without symptoms. Usually manifest signs of right heart failure. Dyspnea and/or fatigue may be present even at rest. ...
... Class III: Less than ordinary physical activity causes undue fatigue or dyspnea, chest pain, or heart syncope. Class IV: Inability to carry on any physical activity without symptoms. Usually manifest signs of right heart failure. Dyspnea and/or fatigue may be present even at rest. ...
Ivabradine: Is there a benefit to pure heart rate reduction
... Current Indications European Medicines Agency “Treatment ...
... Current Indications European Medicines Agency “Treatment ...
1997a(8): List the determinants of coronary arterial blood flow
... - Lead off from the aortic root → drain in coronary sinus/RA - Resting coronary blood flow = 250ml/min (5% CO) Coronary aa blood flow: ...
... - Lead off from the aortic root → drain in coronary sinus/RA - Resting coronary blood flow = 250ml/min (5% CO) Coronary aa blood flow: ...
Cardiology Board Exam - Palestine Medical Council
... …..C: can be ruled out if echocardiographic examination is normal. …..D: severity should be related to risk factors. …..E: cardiac catheterization is useful for diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic implications. 31. On treating ischaemic heart disease: …..A: patient’s education about risk factors ...
... …..C: can be ruled out if echocardiographic examination is normal. …..D: severity should be related to risk factors. …..E: cardiac catheterization is useful for diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic implications. 31. On treating ischaemic heart disease: …..A: patient’s education about risk factors ...
Integrating CT in Minimally Invasive Treatment of the Coronary
... The coronary vessels are segmented in a pre-operative cardiac CT dataset. The workstation offers the possibility to determine the C-arm incidence with the least foreshortening for a selected vessel segment. Thus the optimal system angles for viewing during the intervention can be established and sto ...
... The coronary vessels are segmented in a pre-operative cardiac CT dataset. The workstation offers the possibility to determine the C-arm incidence with the least foreshortening for a selected vessel segment. Thus the optimal system angles for viewing during the intervention can be established and sto ...
Unit # 5 Cardiovascular Disease
... • Atherosclerosis: progressive narrowing of the arteries typically caused by fatty deposits • Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)/ coronary heart disease (CHD): atherosclerosis of the coronary artery ...
... • Atherosclerosis: progressive narrowing of the arteries typically caused by fatty deposits • Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)/ coronary heart disease (CHD): atherosclerosis of the coronary artery ...
Heart Disease in Asia - World Heart Federation
... from the mid portion to the apical area and hyperkinesis of the basal area on contrast left ventriculogram without coronary artery stenosis.24 The syndrome was called tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy because the end-systolic left ventriculogram looks like a tako-tsubo, an octopus pot or trap used in Japan. ...
... from the mid portion to the apical area and hyperkinesis of the basal area on contrast left ventriculogram without coronary artery stenosis.24 The syndrome was called tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy because the end-systolic left ventriculogram looks like a tako-tsubo, an octopus pot or trap used in Japan. ...
Cardiac pathologies
... have before they are born and it is located in the septum, or the middle wall that divides the right and left side of the heart. • Before the baby is breathing on it’s own, this little hole allows the blood from the right side of the heart to go directly to the left side without having to go to the ...
... have before they are born and it is located in the septum, or the middle wall that divides the right and left side of the heart. • Before the baby is breathing on it’s own, this little hole allows the blood from the right side of the heart to go directly to the left side without having to go to the ...
TMLR Fact Sheet
... deliver enough blood to the heart. The heart's lack of oxygen-rich blood is called ischemia. Not getting enough oxygen to the heart muscle increases the risk of heart attack and may cause a painful condition called angina. Patients often say that angina feels like a squeezing, suffocating, or burnin ...
... deliver enough blood to the heart. The heart's lack of oxygen-rich blood is called ischemia. Not getting enough oxygen to the heart muscle increases the risk of heart attack and may cause a painful condition called angina. Patients often say that angina feels like a squeezing, suffocating, or burnin ...
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
... muscle. If the arteries become blocked or severely narrowed, the heard becomes starved for oxygen and nutrients. ...
... muscle. If the arteries become blocked or severely narrowed, the heard becomes starved for oxygen and nutrients. ...
Blalock-Tausig Shunt in a Neonate with Pulmonary Atresia and
... stenosis and all survived. Six had stenosis of a single coronary artery and 4 survived. The remaining 3 had stenosis and/or occlusion of both the RCA and LAD. All died after RVD from acute LV failure.(3) Guleserian et al described 32 patients with PA/IVS-RVDCC who all underwent BTS. Overall mortalit ...
... stenosis and all survived. Six had stenosis of a single coronary artery and 4 survived. The remaining 3 had stenosis and/or occlusion of both the RCA and LAD. All died after RVD from acute LV failure.(3) Guleserian et al described 32 patients with PA/IVS-RVDCC who all underwent BTS. Overall mortalit ...
ST - segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction complicating an
... – best prognosis: fusiform aneurysms <8 mm in diameter (generally regresse over time ) – giant aneurysms - highest risk of morbidity and mortality (thrombosis and stenoses at the proximal and/or distal ends of the aneurysms). ...
... – best prognosis: fusiform aneurysms <8 mm in diameter (generally regresse over time ) – giant aneurysms - highest risk of morbidity and mortality (thrombosis and stenoses at the proximal and/or distal ends of the aneurysms). ...
