Artificial heart pacemakers
... An artificial pacemaker is a small device that is put just under the skin of your chest (below your collar bone) to help your heart muscle pump blood regularly. Like your heart s own electrical system, it uses small electrical currents to stimulate your heart muscle to make it contract. An artificia ...
... An artificial pacemaker is a small device that is put just under the skin of your chest (below your collar bone) to help your heart muscle pump blood regularly. Like your heart s own electrical system, it uses small electrical currents to stimulate your heart muscle to make it contract. An artificia ...
Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices for Stroke
... closure devices involves a determination of whether the intervention improves health outcomes. The optimal study design for this purpose is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that includes clinically relevant measures of health outcomes. Intermediate outcome measures, also known as surrogate outcom ...
... closure devices involves a determination of whether the intervention improves health outcomes. The optimal study design for this purpose is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that includes clinically relevant measures of health outcomes. Intermediate outcome measures, also known as surrogate outcom ...
Valvular Disease and Endocarditis - Ipswich-Year2-Med
... Covers and causes destruction to outflow track: valves, mural endocardium. Grows on free edge and chordae tendini On normal and abnormal valves; left > right; lack of circulation to valves makes it hard for antibiotics to work on them. Gross: large friable bulky vegetations; can emboli and cau ...
... Covers and causes destruction to outflow track: valves, mural endocardium. Grows on free edge and chordae tendini On normal and abnormal valves; left > right; lack of circulation to valves makes it hard for antibiotics to work on them. Gross: large friable bulky vegetations; can emboli and cau ...
presentation source
... heart becomes ischemic It will continue to be more depressed the more ischemic the heart becomes. ...
... heart becomes ischemic It will continue to be more depressed the more ischemic the heart becomes. ...
Systole Has Little Effect on Diastolic Coronary Artery Blood Flow
... than to servo control coronary tip pressure. The seal between the cannula tip and the circumflex artery was verified with four tests: 1) 10 \i% nitrogrycerin dissolved in 0.5 ml saline was given down a side tube that opened to the outside of the cannula just proximal to the cannula tip. With a satis ...
... than to servo control coronary tip pressure. The seal between the cannula tip and the circumflex artery was verified with four tests: 1) 10 \i% nitrogrycerin dissolved in 0.5 ml saline was given down a side tube that opened to the outside of the cannula just proximal to the cannula tip. With a satis ...
Prediction Of Coronary Artery Disease By Detection Of Positive
... isovolumic relaxation time, which is related with myocardial ischemia in human(3,4) and in experimental studies(5). Spectral tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is a simple echocardiographic technique that can provide velocity measurement of the myocardial segments(6). A positive myocardial velocity during ...
... isovolumic relaxation time, which is related with myocardial ischemia in human(3,4) and in experimental studies(5). Spectral tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is a simple echocardiographic technique that can provide velocity measurement of the myocardial segments(6). A positive myocardial velocity during ...
coronary artery disease
... Myo means muscle, “Cardiac” heart, infarction means “death of tissues due to lack of blood supply”. It is also called heart attack. It occurs when coronary arteries become blocked and the part of myocardial muscles become dead due to prolonged lack of oxygen supply to the muscle cells. ...
... Myo means muscle, “Cardiac” heart, infarction means “death of tissues due to lack of blood supply”. It is also called heart attack. It occurs when coronary arteries become blocked and the part of myocardial muscles become dead due to prolonged lack of oxygen supply to the muscle cells. ...
Dilated Cardiomyopathy: a daunting disease of the heart
... Taurine deficiency was found to be a common cause of DCM in cats in the late 1980s. Increasing the amount of taurine in commercial cat food enormously decreased the frequency of this disorder. Unlike cats, dogs are not obligate carnivores, meaning they usually can maintain a normal level of taurine ...
... Taurine deficiency was found to be a common cause of DCM in cats in the late 1980s. Increasing the amount of taurine in commercial cat food enormously decreased the frequency of this disorder. Unlike cats, dogs are not obligate carnivores, meaning they usually can maintain a normal level of taurine ...
Serum Levels of the Interleukin-1 Receptor Family
... released in response to stress or injury can contribute toward the polarization of T helper cells to the Th2 phenotype. Myocardial infarction is associated with humoral (eg, cytokines and reactive oxygen species) and cell-mediated (eg, neutrophils and mononuclear cells) inflammatory reactions, which ...
... released in response to stress or injury can contribute toward the polarization of T helper cells to the Th2 phenotype. Myocardial infarction is associated with humoral (eg, cytokines and reactive oxygen species) and cell-mediated (eg, neutrophils and mononuclear cells) inflammatory reactions, which ...
coronary artery disease
... Myo means muscle, “Cardiac” heart, infarction means “death of tissues due to lack of blood supply”. It is also called heart attack. It occurs when coronary arteries become blocked and the part of myocardial muscles become dead due to prolonged lack of oxygen supply to the muscle cells. ...
... Myo means muscle, “Cardiac” heart, infarction means “death of tissues due to lack of blood supply”. It is also called heart attack. It occurs when coronary arteries become blocked and the part of myocardial muscles become dead due to prolonged lack of oxygen supply to the muscle cells. ...
Chapter 6: Movement In the living body, elements relate each other
... A machine can be considered as a system: the machine consists of several elements, the machine has relationships between the elements, and the machine realizes operation as a whole. ...
... A machine can be considered as a system: the machine consists of several elements, the machine has relationships between the elements, and the machine realizes operation as a whole. ...
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
... Given the lifeanddeath possibilities of cardiomyopathy, timely diagnosis is important so the dog's quality and length of life can be improved as much as possible. Preliminary tests can be performed by a general veterinarian, whereas some tests require more specialized equipment and interpretation an ...
... Given the lifeanddeath possibilities of cardiomyopathy, timely diagnosis is important so the dog's quality and length of life can be improved as much as possible. Preliminary tests can be performed by a general veterinarian, whereas some tests require more specialized equipment and interpretation an ...
Document
... We showed the proposed thresholds would reduce the alerts by a half of those when using the static thresholds. Of course, merely discussing the increase or decrease in the number of alerts is not significant, we should discuss the trade-offs between what can be obtained and what can be lost. H ...
... We showed the proposed thresholds would reduce the alerts by a half of those when using the static thresholds. Of course, merely discussing the increase or decrease in the number of alerts is not significant, we should discuss the trade-offs between what can be obtained and what can be lost. H ...
Angina Symptoms: Treat Chest Pain, Fatigue and Shortness of
... Lancet, found that a common medication used to treat gout also appears to be effective in treating ischemia, a restricted flow of blood to the heart and a contributor to angina. The drug, allopurinol, was well-tolerated by patients and allowed them to exercise longer before signs of angina appeared. ...
... Lancet, found that a common medication used to treat gout also appears to be effective in treating ischemia, a restricted flow of blood to the heart and a contributor to angina. The drug, allopurinol, was well-tolerated by patients and allowed them to exercise longer before signs of angina appeared. ...
Arrhythmia Risk and Obesity
... has reached epidemic proportions, its prevalence continues to increase worldwide and cardiovascular disease dominates the mortality and morbidity in obese patients [2,3]. The most rapidly growing segment of the obese population is the severely obese, with a BMI of 40 kg/m² or more [4]. Obesity is a ...
... has reached epidemic proportions, its prevalence continues to increase worldwide and cardiovascular disease dominates the mortality and morbidity in obese patients [2,3]. The most rapidly growing segment of the obese population is the severely obese, with a BMI of 40 kg/m² or more [4]. Obesity is a ...
Muscarinic Pharmacology: No Need to Memorize
... potential for stimulation of nicotinic receptors in autonomic ganglia(1). Theoretically the decrease in myocardial activity could be utilized to decrease oxygen demand following a myocardial infarction, however, agents with greater specificity are preferable. Similarly, a patient with hypertension c ...
... potential for stimulation of nicotinic receptors in autonomic ganglia(1). Theoretically the decrease in myocardial activity could be utilized to decrease oxygen demand following a myocardial infarction, however, agents with greater specificity are preferable. Similarly, a patient with hypertension c ...
ACTIVE ROLE - Somatuline® Depot
... NETs may also be called asymptomatic NETs because they usually do not cause symptoms until they grow large or spread to other parts of the body. Pancreas: A glandular organ located in the abdomen. It makes pancreatic juices that contain enzymes that aid in digestion. It also produces several hormone ...
... NETs may also be called asymptomatic NETs because they usually do not cause symptoms until they grow large or spread to other parts of the body. Pancreas: A glandular organ located in the abdomen. It makes pancreatic juices that contain enzymes that aid in digestion. It also produces several hormone ...
3D multifunctional integumentary membranes for spatiotemporal
... constant C decreases as the heart size increases, and C also depends on the shape of the heart (B0.2 mm 1 for a rabbit heart). Decreases in membrane thicknesses and Young’s moduli both linearly reduce the pressure. This scaling allows designs that provide pressures sufficiently large to maintain go ...
... constant C decreases as the heart size increases, and C also depends on the shape of the heart (B0.2 mm 1 for a rabbit heart). Decreases in membrane thicknesses and Young’s moduli both linearly reduce the pressure. This scaling allows designs that provide pressures sufficiently large to maintain go ...
motion mode echocardiography on healthy male
... right atrium through the anterior and posterior vena cava. It then flows into the right ventricle through the tricuspid valve. Most of this ventricular filling happens passively because the tricuspid valve is open. However, the atrial contraction results in the final ventricular volume. High pressur ...
... right atrium through the anterior and posterior vena cava. It then flows into the right ventricle through the tricuspid valve. Most of this ventricular filling happens passively because the tricuspid valve is open. However, the atrial contraction results in the final ventricular volume. High pressur ...
Universal ECG™: The Cardionics/Louvaine ECG Algorithm
... The narrative ECG interpretation algorithm available with the QRS Universal ECG was developed in the early 1990s by Cardionics, S.A. of Brussels, Belgium, in conjunction with the University of Louvaine Medical School. The developers sought to add patient-centered features to the interpretive algorit ...
... The narrative ECG interpretation algorithm available with the QRS Universal ECG was developed in the early 1990s by Cardionics, S.A. of Brussels, Belgium, in conjunction with the University of Louvaine Medical School. The developers sought to add patient-centered features to the interpretive algorit ...
Construction of the Heart`s Conduction Tree via Prim`s Algorithm
... the linear attenuation coefficient of water μwater as seen in Eqn. 1. μtissue − μwater ...
... the linear attenuation coefficient of water μwater as seen in Eqn. 1. μtissue − μwater ...