Self instructional module on cardio version and defibrillation.
... It is essential that all health care professionals are regularly trained in the practice of basic life support (BLS). In most cases of cardiac arrest, the chances of a favor able outcome depend not only on efficient BLS, but also on the early use of defibrillation. In a hospital environment, the fir ...
... It is essential that all health care professionals are regularly trained in the practice of basic life support (BLS). In most cases of cardiac arrest, the chances of a favor able outcome depend not only on efficient BLS, but also on the early use of defibrillation. In a hospital environment, the fir ...
Ranolazine Reduces Remodeling of the Right Ventricle and
... results in right ventricular (RV) failure and death. The progressive vasculopathy leads to intraluminal narrowing and obstruction of the resistance vasculature, leading to sustained increases in pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary arterial pressure. In an attempt to compensate for the increa ...
... results in right ventricular (RV) failure and death. The progressive vasculopathy leads to intraluminal narrowing and obstruction of the resistance vasculature, leading to sustained increases in pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary arterial pressure. In an attempt to compensate for the increa ...
Stafford_Mitral Valve Proposal.pdf
... variables, while the elastic structure of the mitral valve cusps are captured by the Lagrangian variables. The original study completed by Peskin, used a uniform grid to fix the Eulerian equations at specific points. In order to gain resolution, a fine mesh had to be utilized and would provide lots ...
... variables, while the elastic structure of the mitral valve cusps are captured by the Lagrangian variables. The original study completed by Peskin, used a uniform grid to fix the Eulerian equations at specific points. In order to gain resolution, a fine mesh had to be utilized and would provide lots ...
Signaling and expression for mitochondrial membrane proteins
... infarction in areas remote from the injury site (1,2). This remodeling presumably represents an effort to compensate for changes in mechanical stress caused by localized cell death and necrosis within the infarcted myocardium. The precise mechanisms, which cause the transition to contractile failure ...
... infarction in areas remote from the injury site (1,2). This remodeling presumably represents an effort to compensate for changes in mechanical stress caused by localized cell death and necrosis within the infarcted myocardium. The precise mechanisms, which cause the transition to contractile failure ...
Loss of Cardiac Magnesium in Experimental Heart Failure
... failure through VVI pacing at 250 beats/min for 3 weeks in an approved protocol (12). To confirm that tissue magnesium was altered by heart failure, sublingual epithelial magnesium was measured before thoracotomy and at death (n 5 6); ventricular myocytes were harvested for measurement of cardiac [M ...
... failure through VVI pacing at 250 beats/min for 3 weeks in an approved protocol (12). To confirm that tissue magnesium was altered by heart failure, sublingual epithelial magnesium was measured before thoracotomy and at death (n 5 6); ventricular myocytes were harvested for measurement of cardiac [M ...
Morphometric study of age-related changes in the human
... The estimated frequency of satellite cells around neuronal cell body was smaller in adult and aging individuals, as compared to infants. That could be because of growth on nerve cell soma in size. The average area of the infant hearts ganglia was tree times smaller than of adult and aged human. Earl ...
... The estimated frequency of satellite cells around neuronal cell body was smaller in adult and aging individuals, as compared to infants. That could be because of growth on nerve cell soma in size. The average area of the infant hearts ganglia was tree times smaller than of adult and aged human. Earl ...
16 (2), 2013 85-90 DOUBLE ANEUPLOIDY 48,XXY,+21
... double aneuploidy associated with CHD. Approximately 65 cases of double aneuploidy of XXY and trisomy 21 have been published since 1959, and there are only eight cases associated with CHD [1214], including our case (Table 1). It is well known that 40.0-50.0% of patients with DS and half the patients ...
... double aneuploidy associated with CHD. Approximately 65 cases of double aneuploidy of XXY and trisomy 21 have been published since 1959, and there are only eight cases associated with CHD [1214], including our case (Table 1). It is well known that 40.0-50.0% of patients with DS and half the patients ...
section 2
... inside blood vessels. • This decreases or obstructs blood flow. • Risk factors place a person at risk. ...
... inside blood vessels. • This decreases or obstructs blood flow. • Risk factors place a person at risk. ...
Feasibility of a Technique for Branch Pulmonary Artery Stent
... heart disease (1-6). The current delivery technique is complicated by the inability to advance a large sheath or stent across branch pulmonary arteries that are severely stenotic. I t is also complicated by kinking of the sheath during stent passage, which results in a long procedure time and may ca ...
... heart disease (1-6). The current delivery technique is complicated by the inability to advance a large sheath or stent across branch pulmonary arteries that are severely stenotic. I t is also complicated by kinking of the sheath during stent passage, which results in a long procedure time and may ca ...
Computational modeling of cardiac electrophysiology
... the sodium inactivation. Temporal evolution of the gating variables m, n, and h is then modeled by first-order differential equations whose rate coefficients are also voltage dependent. The diagram in Figure 1 (left) depicts the action potential calculated with the original Hodgkin–Huxley model. The ...
... the sodium inactivation. Temporal evolution of the gating variables m, n, and h is then modeled by first-order differential equations whose rate coefficients are also voltage dependent. The diagram in Figure 1 (left) depicts the action potential calculated with the original Hodgkin–Huxley model. The ...
Blood Supply of the Myocardium after Temporary Coronary Occlusion
... Earlier investigators have concluded that the myocardial necrosis, which they observed in dogs after 30 to 45 minutes of coronary arterial occlusion, developed during the actual period of coronary obstruction. Therefore, the revival time of the canine heart is reported to be 30 to 45 minutes.14"17 T ...
... Earlier investigators have concluded that the myocardial necrosis, which they observed in dogs after 30 to 45 minutes of coronary arterial occlusion, developed during the actual period of coronary obstruction. Therefore, the revival time of the canine heart is reported to be 30 to 45 minutes.14"17 T ...
Blue Lightning - The Illinois Society of
... Torsades de pointes (TdP) is a specific form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia occurring in the context of QT prolongation; it has a characteristic morphology in which the QRS complexes “twist” around the isoelectric line. For TdP to be diagnosed, the patient has to have evidence of both PVT an ...
... Torsades de pointes (TdP) is a specific form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia occurring in the context of QT prolongation; it has a characteristic morphology in which the QRS complexes “twist” around the isoelectric line. For TdP to be diagnosed, the patient has to have evidence of both PVT an ...
The Hemodynamics of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
... Therapeutic strategies would constitute a non-invasive and effective alternative to the current surgical valve replacement approach. These new pharmacological approaches would not only help relieve symptoms and decrease the risk of further heart damage, but also address the root cause of CAVD[58]. T ...
... Therapeutic strategies would constitute a non-invasive and effective alternative to the current surgical valve replacement approach. These new pharmacological approaches would not only help relieve symptoms and decrease the risk of further heart damage, but also address the root cause of CAVD[58]. T ...
Slide 1
... ventricles. The pulmonary and aortic valves are closed. (B) When the ventricles contract, the AV valves close and blood pumped out of the ventricles opens the pulmonary and aortic valves. ZOOMING IN • How many cusps does the right AV valve have? The left? Copyright © 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lip ...
... ventricles. The pulmonary and aortic valves are closed. (B) When the ventricles contract, the AV valves close and blood pumped out of the ventricles opens the pulmonary and aortic valves. ZOOMING IN • How many cusps does the right AV valve have? The left? Copyright © 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lip ...
Rho-Kinase Activation in Patients With Heart Failure - J
... in 6, dilated cardiomyopathy in 2, hypertensive heart disease in 1, mitral regurgitation in 1, mitral stenosis in 1, and congenital heart disease in 1. In the CHF patients, the etiology was ischemic heart disease (IHD) in 33 and non-IHD in 97, including cardiomyopathy (CM) in 57, valvular heart dise ...
... in 6, dilated cardiomyopathy in 2, hypertensive heart disease in 1, mitral regurgitation in 1, mitral stenosis in 1, and congenital heart disease in 1. In the CHF patients, the etiology was ischemic heart disease (IHD) in 33 and non-IHD in 97, including cardiomyopathy (CM) in 57, valvular heart dise ...
Chest Roentgenogram in the Evaluation of Heart Defects in
... ABSTRACT. Objectives. To evaluate the reproducibility and the accuracy of pediatric radiologists’ assessments of chest radiographs with respect to the presence or absence of heart defects in children with an asymptomatic heart murmur. Design. Ninety-eight children, ages 1 month to 15 years (median, ...
... ABSTRACT. Objectives. To evaluate the reproducibility and the accuracy of pediatric radiologists’ assessments of chest radiographs with respect to the presence or absence of heart defects in children with an asymptomatic heart murmur. Design. Ninety-eight children, ages 1 month to 15 years (median, ...
BRIEF MEDICATION PRESCRIBING DIRECTIONS
... BRIEF MEDICATION PRESCRIBING DIRECTIONS VERSION 1.0 MARCH 2012 ...
... BRIEF MEDICATION PRESCRIBING DIRECTIONS VERSION 1.0 MARCH 2012 ...
Medical Language, Second Edition, by Susan Turley.
... artery in the body (see Figures 5-9 ■ and 5-10 ■). It receives oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart. The ascending aorta travels from the heart in a superior direction. The coronary arteries branch off directly from the ascending aorta. Before oxygenated blood goes to any other part ...
... artery in the body (see Figures 5-9 ■ and 5-10 ■). It receives oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart. The ascending aorta travels from the heart in a superior direction. The coronary arteries branch off directly from the ascending aorta. Before oxygenated blood goes to any other part ...
Abnormal C-ommunication between the Aorta and Left Ventricle
... by Levy et al.,' or pressure on the posterior wall of the infundibulum due to bulging of the tunnel into the outflow tract. An associated feature of considerable importance in our case was the presence of aortic stenosis. With use of the transaortic route to the left ventricle, the catheter presumab ...
... by Levy et al.,' or pressure on the posterior wall of the infundibulum due to bulging of the tunnel into the outflow tract. An associated feature of considerable importance in our case was the presence of aortic stenosis. With use of the transaortic route to the left ventricle, the catheter presumab ...
Cardiac - JRC-DMS
... List equipment controls commonly used for each mode Identify common M-mode patterns associated with cardiac disease Associate the best Doppler approach based on location of various cardiac diseases Apply pertinent Doppler formulas to the cardiac setting Explain provocative, positional and breathing ...
... List equipment controls commonly used for each mode Identify common M-mode patterns associated with cardiac disease Associate the best Doppler approach based on location of various cardiac diseases Apply pertinent Doppler formulas to the cardiac setting Explain provocative, positional and breathing ...
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
... Cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) is a supervised, personal exercise program designed to improve your heart’s health. This program often takes place at the hospital or another medical center. During cardiac rehab you are shown how to exercise in ways that help your heart the most. While you exercise, y ...
... Cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) is a supervised, personal exercise program designed to improve your heart’s health. This program often takes place at the hospital or another medical center. During cardiac rehab you are shown how to exercise in ways that help your heart the most. While you exercise, y ...
cardiac - London Bridge Hospital
... cardiovascular work using highly advanced medical equipment, cutting-edge procedures and diagnostic technology. Within the respective cardiac departments, intensive care units are monitored around the clock, while our private rooms offer patients maximum comfort and privacy. For help and advice on r ...
... cardiovascular work using highly advanced medical equipment, cutting-edge procedures and diagnostic technology. Within the respective cardiac departments, intensive care units are monitored around the clock, while our private rooms offer patients maximum comfort and privacy. For help and advice on r ...
A 2D/3D Discrete Duality Finite Volume Scheme. Application to ECG
... relationship that mimics the Green formula, thus motivating the name Discrete Duality Finite Volume (DDFV). The analogy with the mimetic finite volume does not extend further, because the DDFV uses a specific 2-meshes formulation that yields an explicit and very simple expression of the gradients an ...
... relationship that mimics the Green formula, thus motivating the name Discrete Duality Finite Volume (DDFV). The analogy with the mimetic finite volume does not extend further, because the DDFV uses a specific 2-meshes formulation that yields an explicit and very simple expression of the gradients an ...
H. Chiang, J. Zhao, S.M. - Rogers Research Group
... sensing nodes. The overall system consists of 396 multiplexed capacitive sensors (18 columns, 22 rows), each with dimensions of 500 ×500 μm, as shown in Fig. 1a, distributed uniformly over a total area of 9.5 × 11.5 mm. Each sensor consists of two underlying Si NM transistors, one of which connec ...
... sensing nodes. The overall system consists of 396 multiplexed capacitive sensors (18 columns, 22 rows), each with dimensions of 500 ×500 μm, as shown in Fig. 1a, distributed uniformly over a total area of 9.5 × 11.5 mm. Each sensor consists of two underlying Si NM transistors, one of which connec ...