EIM Professional Designation Workshop Slides Group 4
... ◦ Oral nitroglycerine (fast-acting) may be used to relieve exercise-induced chest discomfort (as prescribed); however, if no relief is realized after 1st dosage, terminate exercise and contact cardiologist or primary care physician ...
... ◦ Oral nitroglycerine (fast-acting) may be used to relieve exercise-induced chest discomfort (as prescribed); however, if no relief is realized after 1st dosage, terminate exercise and contact cardiologist or primary care physician ...
False Arrhythmia Alarm Suppression Using ECG, ABP, and
... catheter flush. The availability of the arterial blood pressure waveform poses further limitations. We estimate that only 60% of adult ICU patients have ABP simultaneously recorded with ECG, due to the invasive nature of the measurement and simply because not all patients require arterial blood pres ...
... catheter flush. The availability of the arterial blood pressure waveform poses further limitations. We estimate that only 60% of adult ICU patients have ABP simultaneously recorded with ECG, due to the invasive nature of the measurement and simply because not all patients require arterial blood pres ...
Diagnosis of Supraventricular Tachycardia
... Atypical or fast-slow AVNRT has a long RP interval and may be difficult to distinguish from orthodromic AVRT conducting down the AV node and up a slowly conducting accessory pathway by the surface ECG.19 Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT): It is less common than AVNRT and the patients usu ...
... Atypical or fast-slow AVNRT has a long RP interval and may be difficult to distinguish from orthodromic AVRT conducting down the AV node and up a slowly conducting accessory pathway by the surface ECG.19 Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT): It is less common than AVNRT and the patients usu ...
Winter 2016 Issue - Mississippi Society of Radiologic Technologists
... body height or lower attenuation because of the compression. Gun shot wounds are very easily seen through radiography. Areas where a victim has been shot are linear, darker because of gases, and contain whole bullets or fragments. These areas may also contain bone fragments if the bullet passed thro ...
... body height or lower attenuation because of the compression. Gun shot wounds are very easily seen through radiography. Areas where a victim has been shot are linear, darker because of gases, and contain whole bullets or fragments. These areas may also contain bone fragments if the bullet passed thro ...
Improved Left Ventricular Relaxation During Short
... index during pacing from the right ventricular outflow tract at three pacing rates (85 beats/min, 100 beats/min, and 120 beats/min). However, these studies had three significant limitations: (1) in both studies,16,17 only ventricular pacing was evaluated; (2) although the hemodynamic results of pac ...
... index during pacing from the right ventricular outflow tract at three pacing rates (85 beats/min, 100 beats/min, and 120 beats/min). However, these studies had three significant limitations: (1) in both studies,16,17 only ventricular pacing was evaluated; (2) although the hemodynamic results of pac ...
Cardiovascular end-organ damage in response to increased blood
... mean arterial pressure from day to day; however, blood pressure does fluctuate depending on the time of day, the phase of the respiratory cycle, or in response to physical or psychological stressors. Having chronically elevated mean arterial pressure, or hypertension, is positively associated with p ...
... mean arterial pressure from day to day; however, blood pressure does fluctuate depending on the time of day, the phase of the respiratory cycle, or in response to physical or psychological stressors. Having chronically elevated mean arterial pressure, or hypertension, is positively associated with p ...
Management and Outcome in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction from a Gender Perspective
... higher co-morbidity, suffered from more complications and had lower chance of receiving reperfusion therapy and evidence-based therapy at discharge compared to non RI patients. Among both RI and non RI patients, men had significantly higher chance than women of getting these therapies. In-hospital m ...
... higher co-morbidity, suffered from more complications and had lower chance of receiving reperfusion therapy and evidence-based therapy at discharge compared to non RI patients. Among both RI and non RI patients, men had significantly higher chance than women of getting these therapies. In-hospital m ...
Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor in the
... 0.50±0.10 pmol/mg protein. Inhibition of endothelial nitric oxide synthesis by 30 ,uM NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) reduced this amount by more than 60%. Increasing flow rate from 20 ml/min to 40 and 60 ml/min led to flow-dependent dilation as reflected by the subsequent drop in perfusion pressure aft ...
... 0.50±0.10 pmol/mg protein. Inhibition of endothelial nitric oxide synthesis by 30 ,uM NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) reduced this amount by more than 60%. Increasing flow rate from 20 ml/min to 40 and 60 ml/min led to flow-dependent dilation as reflected by the subsequent drop in perfusion pressure aft ...
Syncope - OSU CCME account - The Ohio State University
... From the files of DG Benditt, UM Cardiac Arrhythmia Center ...
... From the files of DG Benditt, UM Cardiac Arrhythmia Center ...
Morphologic demonstration of spontaneous and
... closed at age 5 years. At age 31 years, he was found to have severe mitral regurgitation and underwent mitral valve replacement with inadvertent left circumflex coronary artery injury, resulting in one-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting. He developed heart failure symptoms at age 47 and underwent ...
... closed at age 5 years. At age 31 years, he was found to have severe mitral regurgitation and underwent mitral valve replacement with inadvertent left circumflex coronary artery injury, resulting in one-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting. He developed heart failure symptoms at age 47 and underwent ...
Syncope - ACM
... Prolonged QT Brugada Syndrome:RBBB and ST elevation V1-V3 Neg T waves in R precordial leads, epsilon waves and ventricular late potentials (ARVD) Q waves ...
... Prolonged QT Brugada Syndrome:RBBB and ST elevation V1-V3 Neg T waves in R precordial leads, epsilon waves and ventricular late potentials (ARVD) Q waves ...
Questions and Answers about Cholesterol
... Because it increases the risk of coronary heart disease – it is one of the most important risk factors. In general, the higher your cholesterol level, the higher your risk of heart disease. (Other risk factors for heart disease are smoking, high blood pressure, lack of physical activity and obesity. ...
... Because it increases the risk of coronary heart disease – it is one of the most important risk factors. In general, the higher your cholesterol level, the higher your risk of heart disease. (Other risk factors for heart disease are smoking, high blood pressure, lack of physical activity and obesity. ...
Persistence and restoration of the patency of the left duct of Cuvier
... Doppler examination of the liver did not reveal signs of portal hypertension, and the flow direction in the portal vein and the hepatic artery was hepatopetal. The left portal vein showed collateral circulation towards the systemic circulation from its posterior branch. No ascites was observed and t ...
... Doppler examination of the liver did not reveal signs of portal hypertension, and the flow direction in the portal vein and the hepatic artery was hepatopetal. The left portal vein showed collateral circulation towards the systemic circulation from its posterior branch. No ascites was observed and t ...
ACC/AHA 2008 Performance Measures for Adults With ST
... efforts, other organizations may use these measures for external review or public reporting of provider performance. Therefore, it is within the scope of the writing committee’s task to comment, when appropriate, on the strengths and limitations of such external reporting for a particular cardiovasc ...
... efforts, other organizations may use these measures for external review or public reporting of provider performance. Therefore, it is within the scope of the writing committee’s task to comment, when appropriate, on the strengths and limitations of such external reporting for a particular cardiovasc ...
Journal of American Heart Ass. April 2012
... screening programs. Most evident of these, for example, is the very successful newborn blood-spot screening program for heritable metabolic disorders. This program was initiated decades ago at the state level and is maintained primarily by state budgetary and regulatory authorities. Typically, as wi ...
... screening programs. Most evident of these, for example, is the very successful newborn blood-spot screening program for heritable metabolic disorders. This program was initiated decades ago at the state level and is maintained primarily by state budgetary and regulatory authorities. Typically, as wi ...
7/1/2016 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
... in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology (Internal Medicine) One-Year Common Program Requirements are in BOLD ...
... in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology (Internal Medicine) One-Year Common Program Requirements are in BOLD ...
VO2max Concepts
... the actual oxygen intake, however, reaches a maximum beyond which no effort can drive it...The oxygen intake may attain its maximum and remain constant merely because it cannot go any higher owing to the limitations of the circulatory and respiratory system... “ ...
... the actual oxygen intake, however, reaches a maximum beyond which no effort can drive it...The oxygen intake may attain its maximum and remain constant merely because it cannot go any higher owing to the limitations of the circulatory and respiratory system... “ ...
Anatomy of the Human Heart
... occupy the lateral spaces, called thepleural cavities. The space between these two cavities is referred to as the mediastinum ("that which stands in the middle"; Fig. 1). The mediastinum is divided first into the superior and inferior mediastinum by a midsagittal imaginary line called the transverse ...
... occupy the lateral spaces, called thepleural cavities. The space between these two cavities is referred to as the mediastinum ("that which stands in the middle"; Fig. 1). The mediastinum is divided first into the superior and inferior mediastinum by a midsagittal imaginary line called the transverse ...
Atrial Fibrillation Begets Heart Failure and Vice Versa
... To examine the temporal association of AF and HF subtypes, we inspected the occurrence of prevalent AF, concurrent AF, and incident AF (after HF) in all individuals with new-onset HF between 1980 and 2012. Concurrent AF and HF were defined as the diagnosis of new AF and HF within 30 days of one anot ...
... To examine the temporal association of AF and HF subtypes, we inspected the occurrence of prevalent AF, concurrent AF, and incident AF (after HF) in all individuals with new-onset HF between 1980 and 2012. Concurrent AF and HF were defined as the diagnosis of new AF and HF within 30 days of one anot ...
Special Report: Cost-Effectiveness of Left
... survival by 7.4 months, while potentially raising the cost of end-of-life care considerably. The present cost-effectiveness analysis addresses use of LVAD destination therapy, compared with optimal medical management, among patients who are not heart transplant candidates. This analysis takes a soci ...
... survival by 7.4 months, while potentially raising the cost of end-of-life care considerably. The present cost-effectiveness analysis addresses use of LVAD destination therapy, compared with optimal medical management, among patients who are not heart transplant candidates. This analysis takes a soci ...
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... probably because of a decrease in occurrence of chronic illnesses, including coronary heart disease. This benefit may be the result of an improvement in cardiovascular risk factors in addition to enhanced fibrinolysis, improved endothelial function, decreased sympathetic tone, and other as yet undet ...
... probably because of a decrease in occurrence of chronic illnesses, including coronary heart disease. This benefit may be the result of an improvement in cardiovascular risk factors in addition to enhanced fibrinolysis, improved endothelial function, decreased sympathetic tone, and other as yet undet ...
Ventricular Tachycardia during Treatment with Modafinil
... valve prolapse syndrome when previously receiving CNS stimulants. Modafinil has not yet been evaluated in patients with a history of myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes or heart failure. The exact causal mechanism of cardiac arrhythmias associated with modafinil remains to be elucidated. ...
... valve prolapse syndrome when previously receiving CNS stimulants. Modafinil has not yet been evaluated in patients with a history of myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes or heart failure. The exact causal mechanism of cardiac arrhythmias associated with modafinil remains to be elucidated. ...
Evaluation of the Mitral and Aortic Valves With Cardiac CT
... one of the valve cusps is present, denoting the area where a failed division of the third cusp occurred.14 In addition to AS, congenital bicuspid aortic valves may present with combined AS/AI, isolated AI, or no functional valve disease. Rare congenital anomalies that can also present with AS includ ...
... one of the valve cusps is present, denoting the area where a failed division of the third cusp occurred.14 In addition to AS, congenital bicuspid aortic valves may present with combined AS/AI, isolated AI, or no functional valve disease. Rare congenital anomalies that can also present with AS includ ...
Heart Conditions and Treatment - Idaho Society of Health
... cardiac conditions • Briefly explain basic pathophysiology of different cardiac conditions • Recognize errors associated with dispensing cardiac medications • Identify various formulations available and conversions made for cardiac medications ...
... cardiac conditions • Briefly explain basic pathophysiology of different cardiac conditions • Recognize errors associated with dispensing cardiac medications • Identify various formulations available and conversions made for cardiac medications ...
American College of Cardiology - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
... (13,91,115,124). Occasionally (perhaps in 5% of cases), gradients and impeded outflow are caused predominately by muscular apposition in the mid-cavity region— usually in the absence of mitral-septal contact—involving anomalous direct insertion of anterolateral papillary muscle into the anterior mit ...
... (13,91,115,124). Occasionally (perhaps in 5% of cases), gradients and impeded outflow are caused predominately by muscular apposition in the mid-cavity region— usually in the absence of mitral-septal contact—involving anomalous direct insertion of anterolateral papillary muscle into the anterior mit ...