Cardiac arrest
... Cardiac arrest What’s the difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest? A heart attack is when one of the coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle becomes blocked. If this happens, the affected part of the heart muscle will begin to die because it is not getting oxygen. A card ...
... Cardiac arrest What’s the difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest? A heart attack is when one of the coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle becomes blocked. If this happens, the affected part of the heart muscle will begin to die because it is not getting oxygen. A card ...
Circulatory System
... – After the blood leaves the left ventricle the first branch off the aorta is the coronary arteries – Walls are more muscular and elastic ...
... – After the blood leaves the left ventricle the first branch off the aorta is the coronary arteries – Walls are more muscular and elastic ...
Cardiovascular
... Apart from fit, but otherwise normal individuals, there's a long list of situations where sinus bradycardia occurs, including: hypothermia; increased vagal tone (due to vagal stimulation or e.g. drugs); hypothyroidism; marked intracranial hypertension; obstructive jaundice, and even in ure ...
... Apart from fit, but otherwise normal individuals, there's a long list of situations where sinus bradycardia occurs, including: hypothermia; increased vagal tone (due to vagal stimulation or e.g. drugs); hypothyroidism; marked intracranial hypertension; obstructive jaundice, and even in ure ...
a-fib puts you at five times greater risk for a stroke
... According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every six adult Americans has high blood cholesterol. Cholesterol is the fatty, waxlike substance that can build up along the walls of your arteries and can eventually cause blockages. Because high cholesterol has no sympt ...
... According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every six adult Americans has high blood cholesterol. Cholesterol is the fatty, waxlike substance that can build up along the walls of your arteries and can eventually cause blockages. Because high cholesterol has no sympt ...
LO2 – Ionic currents that generate cardiac action potentials
... LO1. Contrast the typical action potential in a ventricular muscle and a pacemaker cell. LO2. Explain how ionic currents contribute to the five phases of the cardiac action potential. Apply this information to explain differences in shapes of the action potentials of different cardiac cells. LO3. Ex ...
... LO1. Contrast the typical action potential in a ventricular muscle and a pacemaker cell. LO2. Explain how ionic currents contribute to the five phases of the cardiac action potential. Apply this information to explain differences in shapes of the action potentials of different cardiac cells. LO3. Ex ...
Circulatory System
... averages about 120/80 (a systolic pressure of 120 mm Hg, and a diastolic pressure of 80 mm Hg). Systolic pressures from 130 to 140 are now called “high normal”. Blood pressures above 140 systolic or above 90 diastolic are high. Essential hypertension can be treated by: 1) Increasing kidney output, d ...
... averages about 120/80 (a systolic pressure of 120 mm Hg, and a diastolic pressure of 80 mm Hg). Systolic pressures from 130 to 140 are now called “high normal”. Blood pressures above 140 systolic or above 90 diastolic are high. Essential hypertension can be treated by: 1) Increasing kidney output, d ...
Endocardium
... Pulmonary Artery – Carries blood from the heart to the lungs (CO2 in blood). Pulmonary Vein – Carries blood from the lungs to the heart. ...
... Pulmonary Artery – Carries blood from the heart to the lungs (CO2 in blood). Pulmonary Vein – Carries blood from the lungs to the heart. ...
cardiothoracic procedures
... • Ventricular contraction • NORMAL HEARTBEAT RATE • 60 – 80 times a minute! ...
... • Ventricular contraction • NORMAL HEARTBEAT RATE • 60 – 80 times a minute! ...
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/ Cardiomyopathy
... How is ARVD/C treated? ARVD/C is treated with medication and preventive surgery. ARVD/C is often treated with medications that prevent disturbances in the rhythm of the heart. Risk of SCD may be reduced by certain lifestyle adjustments, such as avoiding intense exercise. In patients at high risk of ...
... How is ARVD/C treated? ARVD/C is treated with medication and preventive surgery. ARVD/C is often treated with medications that prevent disturbances in the rhythm of the heart. Risk of SCD may be reduced by certain lifestyle adjustments, such as avoiding intense exercise. In patients at high risk of ...
The Two Extremes of Cardiac Sarcoidosis and the Effect of
... Described herein are clinical and morphologic findings in 2 patients who underwent heart transplantation because of severe heart failure resulting from cardiac sarcoidosis. Although the explanted hearts in each patient had characteristic gross changes of cardiac sarcoidosis, one patient who had been ...
... Described herein are clinical and morphologic findings in 2 patients who underwent heart transplantation because of severe heart failure resulting from cardiac sarcoidosis. Although the explanted hearts in each patient had characteristic gross changes of cardiac sarcoidosis, one patient who had been ...
BIOL 242 - Big Bend Community College
... f. differentiate between stroke volume, cardiac output, and cardiac reserve capacity. g. list and explain neural and hormonal control mechanisms for both heart rate and stroke volume. h. name, describe and give the causes for myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, cor pulm ...
... f. differentiate between stroke volume, cardiac output, and cardiac reserve capacity. g. list and explain neural and hormonal control mechanisms for both heart rate and stroke volume. h. name, describe and give the causes for myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, cor pulm ...
The Heart Part Two
... REGULATION OF STROKE VOLUME Afterload Pressure that must be overcome for ventricles to eject blood Hypertension increases afterload Results in increased ESV and reduced SV ...
... REGULATION OF STROKE VOLUME Afterload Pressure that must be overcome for ventricles to eject blood Hypertension increases afterload Results in increased ESV and reduced SV ...
Selected age-associated changes in the cardiovascular system
... Under normal function without stress, no functional issues LV stiffening leads to slower filling and leaves older person more reliant on atrial contraction for blood pressure filling Left atrium thickens and dilates increasing risk of afib ...
... Under normal function without stress, no functional issues LV stiffening leads to slower filling and leaves older person more reliant on atrial contraction for blood pressure filling Left atrium thickens and dilates increasing risk of afib ...
GCSE Physical Education
... so in the long term can help to lower blood pressure. However, too much alcohol and binge drinking can have serious adverse affects. ...
... so in the long term can help to lower blood pressure. However, too much alcohol and binge drinking can have serious adverse affects. ...
Assessment of Cardiovascular2014
... • Stimulus spreads through bundle of His = QRS complex • Repolarization of ventricles =T wave on ...
... • Stimulus spreads through bundle of His = QRS complex • Repolarization of ventricles =T wave on ...
VS5684 enFlow brochure.indd
... The right temperature By consistently helping to maintain the right patient body temperature, enFlow can help provide both clinical and economic benefits for your hospital. Maintaining normothermia can help lessen complications and speed up recovery time—all while helping to shorten patient stays an ...
... The right temperature By consistently helping to maintain the right patient body temperature, enFlow can help provide both clinical and economic benefits for your hospital. Maintaining normothermia can help lessen complications and speed up recovery time—all while helping to shorten patient stays an ...
Levosimendan in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great
... increases myocardial oxygen requirements that cannot be met by the right coronary system. Hence, the RV perfusion is impaired leading to myocardial fibrosis and reduced coronary flow reserve [2] which may additionally account for a limited benefit in our patient. However, in our case, levosimendan m ...
... increases myocardial oxygen requirements that cannot be met by the right coronary system. Hence, the RV perfusion is impaired leading to myocardial fibrosis and reduced coronary flow reserve [2] which may additionally account for a limited benefit in our patient. However, in our case, levosimendan m ...
Adrian Bradley Recent Developments in the Patenting of Medical
... substantial physical intervention on the body which requires professional medical expertise to be carried out and which entails a substantial health risk even when carried out with the required professional care and expertise” ...
... substantial physical intervention on the body which requires professional medical expertise to be carried out and which entails a substantial health risk even when carried out with the required professional care and expertise” ...
Surgical Remodeling of the Left Ventricle in Heart Failure
... and mortality. The incidence of HF is reaching epidemic proportions, with more than 500,000 new cases diagnosed yearly in North America.1) The Framingham study showed that both increased age and hypertension are significant risk factors for developing HF.2) Costs associated with treating HF exceed $ ...
... and mortality. The incidence of HF is reaching epidemic proportions, with more than 500,000 new cases diagnosed yearly in North America.1) The Framingham study showed that both increased age and hypertension are significant risk factors for developing HF.2) Costs associated with treating HF exceed $ ...
circulatory system notes
... “lubb-dubb” sound due to valves closing “lubb” tricuspid and bicuspid valves close “dubb” the pulmonary valves and aortic valves close sino-atrial(SA) node in the right atria, also called the “pacemaker” is stimulated and causes the atria to contract the impulse is then picked up by the atriov ...
... “lubb-dubb” sound due to valves closing “lubb” tricuspid and bicuspid valves close “dubb” the pulmonary valves and aortic valves close sino-atrial(SA) node in the right atria, also called the “pacemaker” is stimulated and causes the atria to contract the impulse is then picked up by the atriov ...
Artery Blocks - Nature`s Glory
... stress, smoking, genetic effects, immune system deficiencies and high bad cholesterol with low good cholesterol. Brain disorders and migraines (usually from pathogenic attacks) could also lead to heart attacks and strokes. Diseases of the circulatory system include aortic aneurysm, angina, arrhythmi ...
... stress, smoking, genetic effects, immune system deficiencies and high bad cholesterol with low good cholesterol. Brain disorders and migraines (usually from pathogenic attacks) could also lead to heart attacks and strokes. Diseases of the circulatory system include aortic aneurysm, angina, arrhythmi ...
three principal strategies for secondary prevention
... controversial. Carotid-artery stenting is less invasive than endarterectomy and is associated with a more rapid recovery . However, studies have shown that the periprocedural risks (chiefly death and recurrent stroke within 30 days) are significantly higher with carotid-artery stenting than with car ...
... controversial. Carotid-artery stenting is less invasive than endarterectomy and is associated with a more rapid recovery . However, studies have shown that the periprocedural risks (chiefly death and recurrent stroke within 30 days) are significantly higher with carotid-artery stenting than with car ...