Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia Induced by a Mediastinal
... The basic clinical feature and materials of all thesepatientsare presentedin (Table 1). Case 1 was a 72-year-old man who was admitted to the Department ofPneumology on08 October, 2010, because of repeated episodes of coughing and a 2-year history of asthma, which became aggravated over the span of 2 ...
... The basic clinical feature and materials of all thesepatientsare presentedin (Table 1). Case 1 was a 72-year-old man who was admitted to the Department ofPneumology on08 October, 2010, because of repeated episodes of coughing and a 2-year history of asthma, which became aggravated over the span of 2 ...
Cardiovascular System The Heart
... Atria – the two upper chambers of the heart. Receiving chambers for blood coming to the heart. Interatrial septum – separates the two atria from each other. Ventricles – the two lower chambers of the heart. All blood vessels leaving the heart begin in the ventricles. Interventricular septum – separa ...
... Atria – the two upper chambers of the heart. Receiving chambers for blood coming to the heart. Interatrial septum – separates the two atria from each other. Ventricles – the two lower chambers of the heart. All blood vessels leaving the heart begin in the ventricles. Interventricular septum – separa ...
Board Review: Cardiac testing Arrhythmias
... When a patient with ICD undergoes surgery, the use of electrocautery affects what the device “thinks” is happening with cardiac activity. It will treat the patient as if vfib is occurring, by inhibiting pacing and delivering a high-energy shock. Therefore, for a patient with ICD who is pacemaker dep ...
... When a patient with ICD undergoes surgery, the use of electrocautery affects what the device “thinks” is happening with cardiac activity. It will treat the patient as if vfib is occurring, by inhibiting pacing and delivering a high-energy shock. Therefore, for a patient with ICD who is pacemaker dep ...
Surgical Management of Ischaemic Heart Disease
... Left main artery disease or equivalent Triple vessel disease Abnormal Left Ventricular function. Failed PTCA. Immediately after Myocardial Infarction (to help perfusion of the viable myocardium). Life threatening arrhythmias caused by a previous myocardial infarction. Occlusion of grafts from previo ...
... Left main artery disease or equivalent Triple vessel disease Abnormal Left Ventricular function. Failed PTCA. Immediately after Myocardial Infarction (to help perfusion of the viable myocardium). Life threatening arrhythmias caused by a previous myocardial infarction. Occlusion of grafts from previo ...
What is Peripheral Arterial Disease? Peripheral arterial disease
... organic cause. They don't involve defects in blood vessels' structure. They're usually short-term effects related to "spasm" that may come and go. Raynaud's disease is an example. It can be triggered by cold temperatures, emotional stress, working with vibrating machinery or smoking. ...
... organic cause. They don't involve defects in blood vessels' structure. They're usually short-term effects related to "spasm" that may come and go. Raynaud's disease is an example. It can be triggered by cold temperatures, emotional stress, working with vibrating machinery or smoking. ...
Alternatives to Nifedipine in the Oral Treatment of Hypertensive
... Summary of recent literature: It is important to distinguish HU from true hypertensive emergencies which usually require IV therapy (with nitroprusside, nitroglycerin, labetalol, etc.) and hospitalization. The presence of acute or ongoing end organ damage constitutes a hypertensive emergency rather ...
... Summary of recent literature: It is important to distinguish HU from true hypertensive emergencies which usually require IV therapy (with nitroprusside, nitroglycerin, labetalol, etc.) and hospitalization. The presence of acute or ongoing end organ damage constitutes a hypertensive emergency rather ...
Cyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases in infants
... the aorta and the pulmonary artery are switched. This creates two distinct circulatory systems. The aorta arises from the right ventricle and the main pulmonary artery comes out of the left ventricle. Therefore, oxygenated blood is pumped into the lungs, and hypoxic blood is pumped to the rest of th ...
... the aorta and the pulmonary artery are switched. This creates two distinct circulatory systems. The aorta arises from the right ventricle and the main pulmonary artery comes out of the left ventricle. Therefore, oxygenated blood is pumped into the lungs, and hypoxic blood is pumped to the rest of th ...
Cardiology - on healthcare in europe
... so-called ischaemic burden can be evaluated. Today, the relevant guidelines demand a pre-interventional ischaemia test. ‘The literature on single photon emission tomography, also called SPECT, indicates that an intervention is useful when more than ten percent of the left ventricular myocardium is i ...
... so-called ischaemic burden can be evaluated. Today, the relevant guidelines demand a pre-interventional ischaemia test. ‘The literature on single photon emission tomography, also called SPECT, indicates that an intervention is useful when more than ten percent of the left ventricular myocardium is i ...
Circulation/Blood/Lymphatic Systems
... • Erythrocytes: RBC’s; carry Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide using hemoglobin (~45% of blood) (circulate up to 120 days) • Leucocytes: WBC’s; body defense (<1% of blood) (circulate under 1 day) • Platelets: involved in clotting (<1% of blood) (circulate 3-8 days) • Plasma: liquid where gases/nutrients are dis ...
... • Erythrocytes: RBC’s; carry Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide using hemoglobin (~45% of blood) (circulate up to 120 days) • Leucocytes: WBC’s; body defense (<1% of blood) (circulate under 1 day) • Platelets: involved in clotting (<1% of blood) (circulate 3-8 days) • Plasma: liquid where gases/nutrients are dis ...
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Diastolic LV function and HFNEF
... • TDI - ↓ systolic mitral annular amplitudes—in HFNEF pts V/S controls • These changes – not as pronouncd as in SHF pts • ? initial abn compensated for by ventri hypertrophy & neurohormonal activation →hypercontractile LV state with abn relaxation →resistance to LV filling →progress →phenotype chara ...
... • TDI - ↓ systolic mitral annular amplitudes—in HFNEF pts V/S controls • These changes – not as pronouncd as in SHF pts • ? initial abn compensated for by ventri hypertrophy & neurohormonal activation →hypercontractile LV state with abn relaxation →resistance to LV filling →progress →phenotype chara ...
Is Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Underutilized in the
... Division of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic ...
... Division of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic ...
Paradigm shift in the management of Atrial Fibrillation
... * Defined as patients aged <60 y with no coronary artery disease/heart failure/valvular heart disease/chronic pulmonary disease/venous thromboembolism/arterial hypertension. ...
... * Defined as patients aged <60 y with no coronary artery disease/heart failure/valvular heart disease/chronic pulmonary disease/venous thromboembolism/arterial hypertension. ...
Myocardial Infarction-induced Ventricular Septal Defect
... of a ventricular assist device were considered to be technically unfeasible. The patient underwent cardiac transplantation, but eventually died of the complications of an invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. ...
... of a ventricular assist device were considered to be technically unfeasible. The patient underwent cardiac transplantation, but eventually died of the complications of an invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. ...
Ryan Parnham, MSN, APN, CNP
... population)- more common in females than males (2:1) Usually benign, but may also have mitral regurgitation Can worsen with time, or improve Exam: mid-late systolic click (often), blowing, holosystolic murmur if significant degree of MR Diagnosis- echocardiogram (often wrongly and overdiagnosed by e ...
... population)- more common in females than males (2:1) Usually benign, but may also have mitral regurgitation Can worsen with time, or improve Exam: mid-late systolic click (often), blowing, holosystolic murmur if significant degree of MR Diagnosis- echocardiogram (often wrongly and overdiagnosed by e ...
TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATIONS
... rate difficult to palpate because the heart is not beating hard enough to produce a strong wave of blood. Feels as though there is a piece of thread running under the fingertips. ...
... rate difficult to palpate because the heart is not beating hard enough to produce a strong wave of blood. Feels as though there is a piece of thread running under the fingertips. ...
Management of a Giant Fluid- Thoracostomy Tube
... Mythen and Webb8 recommend usingto perioperative colloid improve cir¬ plasma volume expanders withevents. culation and prevent hypoxic Early extubation after cardiac surgeiy is now being advocated because evidence suggests that it does not affect morbidity or mortality.1617 The anesthesia technique ...
... Mythen and Webb8 recommend usingto perioperative colloid improve cir¬ plasma volume expanders withevents. culation and prevent hypoxic Early extubation after cardiac surgeiy is now being advocated because evidence suggests that it does not affect morbidity or mortality.1617 The anesthesia technique ...
Central Pulse Pressure and Mortality in End
... the distance between the 2 recording sites, and when measured from carotid artery, the distance from the suprasternal notch to the carotid was subtracted. PWV was calculated as PWV⫽D/t. All measurements were performed by the same observer (G.M.L.); the intraobserver repeatability of the aortic PWV m ...
... the distance between the 2 recording sites, and when measured from carotid artery, the distance from the suprasternal notch to the carotid was subtracted. PWV was calculated as PWV⫽D/t. All measurements were performed by the same observer (G.M.L.); the intraobserver repeatability of the aortic PWV m ...
Physiology Chapter 14 Key Blood Flow and Blood Pressure, Plus
... compensate for the decreased blood pressure. In Buster’s case, his blood pressure was abnormally low following the myocardial infarct. Gradually (within a few days), however, it returned to normal. Explain how the long term mechanisms would compensate for this. Hint – think about hormonal effects. T ...
... compensate for the decreased blood pressure. In Buster’s case, his blood pressure was abnormally low following the myocardial infarct. Gradually (within a few days), however, it returned to normal. Explain how the long term mechanisms would compensate for this. Hint – think about hormonal effects. T ...
Coronary Artery Anatomy in Left Bundle Branch Block
... introduced by this factor was small and should not affect the results in a systematic fashion. Further, because a similar method was used in the work referred to above, a difference in techniques cannot explain the differences in the observed lengths of the LMCA. Lewis et al. speculated that the ass ...
... introduced by this factor was small and should not affect the results in a systematic fashion. Further, because a similar method was used in the work referred to above, a difference in techniques cannot explain the differences in the observed lengths of the LMCA. Lewis et al. speculated that the ass ...
Liver transplantation in a Jehovah`s Witness with ankylosing
... Hct < 0.35 after erythropoietin treatment Platelets < 100,000 × 109·L- 1. PT > 15.0 sec. Splanchnic venous anatomy that requires extensive vascular reconstruction. 5. Active bleeding 6. Renal failure and other major organ dysfunction (excluding liver) ...
... Hct < 0.35 after erythropoietin treatment Platelets < 100,000 × 109·L- 1. PT > 15.0 sec. Splanchnic venous anatomy that requires extensive vascular reconstruction. 5. Active bleeding 6. Renal failure and other major organ dysfunction (excluding liver) ...
BIOL 2402 Assessment Report
... M 3: Understanding positive and negative homoeostatic control of the human body will be assessed with questions embedded in an exam 21. Oxytocin: A. controls milk production. B. exerts its most important effects during menstruation. C. release is an example of a positive feedback on smooth muscles. ...
... M 3: Understanding positive and negative homoeostatic control of the human body will be assessed with questions embedded in an exam 21. Oxytocin: A. controls milk production. B. exerts its most important effects during menstruation. C. release is an example of a positive feedback on smooth muscles. ...