E. All mentioned above.
... 17. Which type of pulmonary problem usually causes a breathing pattern with a prolonged expiratory time? A. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease B. Atelectasis C. Pulmonary edema D. Pneumonia E. Pleural effusion. 18. Expiratory dyspnea is – A. Difficult breathing during exhalation B. Difficult brea ...
... 17. Which type of pulmonary problem usually causes a breathing pattern with a prolonged expiratory time? A. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease B. Atelectasis C. Pulmonary edema D. Pneumonia E. Pleural effusion. 18. Expiratory dyspnea is – A. Difficult breathing during exhalation B. Difficult brea ...
Adaptive response of the heart to long term anemia induced by iron
... Chronic severe anemia is known to cause high-cardiac output heart failure (HF) (1). Moreover, anemia is common in patients with HF, and many recent observations have shown that reduced hemoglobin indicates an independent risk of hospitalization and all-cause mortality in patients with HF (2, 12). An ...
... Chronic severe anemia is known to cause high-cardiac output heart failure (HF) (1). Moreover, anemia is common in patients with HF, and many recent observations have shown that reduced hemoglobin indicates an independent risk of hospitalization and all-cause mortality in patients with HF (2, 12). An ...
Occasional dropped ventricular pacing in apatient with no
... collection of reference electrogram (EGM). Specifically, turning on/off the EGM amplifiers results in a disturbance of the RV sense amplifier. The intermittent electrical disturbance occurs infrequently, but timed to a predictable interval—a multiple increment of an hour and 30 s. This specific inte ...
... collection of reference electrogram (EGM). Specifically, turning on/off the EGM amplifiers results in a disturbance of the RV sense amplifier. The intermittent electrical disturbance occurs infrequently, but timed to a predictable interval—a multiple increment of an hour and 30 s. This specific inte ...
Twist Mechanics of the Left Ventricle
... the LV twist at rest. Soccer players show lower LV twist values and untwisting velocities than nontrained individuals (43). It has been postulated that reduced LV twist in soccer players may represent increased torsional reserves that are used in increased-demand situations such as high-intensity sp ...
... the LV twist at rest. Soccer players show lower LV twist values and untwisting velocities than nontrained individuals (43). It has been postulated that reduced LV twist in soccer players may represent increased torsional reserves that are used in increased-demand situations such as high-intensity sp ...
Visceral Situs, Heart Position, and Aortic Arch Position
... body organs relative to the midline. There are four types of visceral situs: situs solitus, situs inversus, heterotaxy with thoracic right isomerism, and heterotaxy with thoracic left isomerism (Fig. 7.1).1–4 Visceral heterotaxy has also been described as situs ambiguus, which means ...
... body organs relative to the midline. There are four types of visceral situs: situs solitus, situs inversus, heterotaxy with thoracic right isomerism, and heterotaxy with thoracic left isomerism (Fig. 7.1).1–4 Visceral heterotaxy has also been described as situs ambiguus, which means ...
Pilot Survey of the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in
... is a reflection of the economic burden that congestive heart failure could have on our society. Since congestive heart failure is a chronic and progressive disease for most patients, primary care physicians play a critical role in managing the illness. However, making an accurate diagnosis of conges ...
... is a reflection of the economic burden that congestive heart failure could have on our society. Since congestive heart failure is a chronic and progressive disease for most patients, primary care physicians play a critical role in managing the illness. However, making an accurate diagnosis of conges ...
Using Skewness and the First-Digit Phenomenon to Identify
... pacemaker of the heart (Lombardi and Stein, 2011). This study, therefore, provides a benchmark against which analysis of ECG data obtained from clinical studies can be compared, enabling distinction of statistical features of arrhythmic time-series that are intrinsic to the dynamics of heart muscle ...
... pacemaker of the heart (Lombardi and Stein, 2011). This study, therefore, provides a benchmark against which analysis of ECG data obtained from clinical studies can be compared, enabling distinction of statistical features of arrhythmic time-series that are intrinsic to the dynamics of heart muscle ...
Supplemental Data
... a history of coronary disease, or age of at least 65 years in patients with diabetes or vascular disease. Patients were excluded in the presence of any severe co-morbidity limiting life expectancy to less than 3 years. Since numbers of suitable cases presenting each week exceeded the capacity to pro ...
... a history of coronary disease, or age of at least 65 years in patients with diabetes or vascular disease. Patients were excluded in the presence of any severe co-morbidity limiting life expectancy to less than 3 years. Since numbers of suitable cases presenting each week exceeded the capacity to pro ...
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... rate, including emotion/mood, body position, fitness, activity, temperature/weather, medication, and even genes. There are nine main types of heart rates. The first and most common is a Normal Sinus Rhythm, which ranges from 60-100 beats per minute. Another common heart rate is Premature Ventricula ...
... rate, including emotion/mood, body position, fitness, activity, temperature/weather, medication, and even genes. There are nine main types of heart rates. The first and most common is a Normal Sinus Rhythm, which ranges from 60-100 beats per minute. Another common heart rate is Premature Ventricula ...
31 Heart-I.
... !1 What vessels are the part of the lesser [pulmonary] circulation? Pulmonary trunk and pulmonary veins #Aorta and pulmonary veins Pulmonary trunk and superior vena cava Aorta, superior and inferior vena cava !1 What vessels are the part of the greater [systemic] circulation? Aorta, superior and inf ...
... !1 What vessels are the part of the lesser [pulmonary] circulation? Pulmonary trunk and pulmonary veins #Aorta and pulmonary veins Pulmonary trunk and superior vena cava Aorta, superior and inferior vena cava !1 What vessels are the part of the greater [systemic] circulation? Aorta, superior and inf ...
EKG INTERPRETATION
... a negative deflection, and at 90° to a lead with an equiphasic QRS complex. The axis is determined as follows: • Choose the limb lead closest to being equiphasic. The axis lies about 90° to right or left of this lead • Inspect QRS complexes in leads adjacent to equiphasic lead. If lead to the left i ...
... a negative deflection, and at 90° to a lead with an equiphasic QRS complex. The axis is determined as follows: • Choose the limb lead closest to being equiphasic. The axis lies about 90° to right or left of this lead • Inspect QRS complexes in leads adjacent to equiphasic lead. If lead to the left i ...
Computational modelling of cardiac mechanics
... binds to calcium, the tropomyosin is removed from the actin-myosin binding sites. This enables the myosin heads to make strong, high-force bindings to the thin filaments. When the muscle contracts, the myosin heads perform power strokes that make the thin and thick filaments slide along each other. Af ...
... binds to calcium, the tropomyosin is removed from the actin-myosin binding sites. This enables the myosin heads to make strong, high-force bindings to the thin filaments. When the muscle contracts, the myosin heads perform power strokes that make the thin and thick filaments slide along each other. Af ...
An adaptive singular spectrum analysis approach to murmur
... The maximum frequency band of these signals is below 300 Hz. Therefore, they have been down-sampled here to 1600 sample/s in order to reduce the computation cost while no information is lost. The most important types of murmur are briefly described here. Aortic regurgitation is the diastolic flow of b ...
... The maximum frequency band of these signals is below 300 Hz. Therefore, they have been down-sampled here to 1600 sample/s in order to reduce the computation cost while no information is lost. The most important types of murmur are briefly described here. Aortic regurgitation is the diastolic flow of b ...
Dynamic Control of Cardiac Alternans
... Control of biological dynamics is important for medical science since abnormal physiological rhythms can be life threatening [4]. Attempts have already been made to control both experimental [5] and model [6,7] biological systems. However, none of these studies used control algorithms which adapted ...
... Control of biological dynamics is important for medical science since abnormal physiological rhythms can be life threatening [4]. Attempts have already been made to control both experimental [5] and model [6,7] biological systems. However, none of these studies used control algorithms which adapted ...
3. carditis
... Introduction Nonrheumatic cordites - damage the heart muscle, caused by the development of non-specific inflammatory changes. According to the autopsy, the prevalence of cordites in children is higher than in adults, severe forms occur in young children. Cordites frequency increases significantly du ...
... Introduction Nonrheumatic cordites - damage the heart muscle, caused by the development of non-specific inflammatory changes. According to the autopsy, the prevalence of cordites in children is higher than in adults, severe forms occur in young children. Cordites frequency increases significantly du ...
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... taking blood away from the heart are called arteries; those taking blood toward the heart are called veins. In other words, arteries distribute the blood; veins collect it. The third type, called capillaries, connects the arteries to the veins. Because of the elasticity of their thick, muscular wall ...
... taking blood away from the heart are called arteries; those taking blood toward the heart are called veins. In other words, arteries distribute the blood; veins collect it. The third type, called capillaries, connects the arteries to the veins. Because of the elasticity of their thick, muscular wall ...
Certified First Responder Practical Skills Examination Sheets Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
... This station is designed to test your ability to ventilate a patient using a bag-valve-mask. As you enter the station you will find an apneic patient with a palpable carotid pulse. There are no bystanders and artificial ventilation has not been initiated. The only patient management required is airw ...
... This station is designed to test your ability to ventilate a patient using a bag-valve-mask. As you enter the station you will find an apneic patient with a palpable carotid pulse. There are no bystanders and artificial ventilation has not been initiated. The only patient management required is airw ...
In Vitro Tools for Quantifying Structure– Function Relationships in
... about 4:1 in concentric hypertrophy (Gerdes 2002). In response to volume overload, the ventricle becomes thinner and dilated, known as eccentric hypertrophy (Grossman et al. 1975), and myocyte aspect ratio increases to about 10:1 (Gerdes 2002). Thus, both concentric and eccentric hypertrophy are ass ...
... about 4:1 in concentric hypertrophy (Gerdes 2002). In response to volume overload, the ventricle becomes thinner and dilated, known as eccentric hypertrophy (Grossman et al. 1975), and myocyte aspect ratio increases to about 10:1 (Gerdes 2002). Thus, both concentric and eccentric hypertrophy are ass ...
The Heart - Pearson Higher Education
... ur ceaselessly beating heart has intrigued people for centuries. The ancient Greeks believed the heart was the seat of intelligence. Others thought it was the source of emotions. While these ideas have proved false, we do know that emotions affect heart rate. When your heart pounds or skips a beat, ...
... ur ceaselessly beating heart has intrigued people for centuries. The ancient Greeks believed the heart was the seat of intelligence. Others thought it was the source of emotions. While these ideas have proved false, we do know that emotions affect heart rate. When your heart pounds or skips a beat, ...
Advances in Parasympathetic Control of Heart Rate
... above is that cardiac vagal neurons possess follower cell-like properties. Unlike other brain stem neurons, which may be involved in maintaining blood pressure or respiration in the absence of sensory information, such as those neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) that fire spontaneously e ...
... above is that cardiac vagal neurons possess follower cell-like properties. Unlike other brain stem neurons, which may be involved in maintaining blood pressure or respiration in the absence of sensory information, such as those neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) that fire spontaneously e ...
Taquicardia de QRS largo em paciente com extrema
... 10- to 15-minute turn-around time are generally not that useful in the initial evaluation and management of WCT. Therefore, a venous or arterial blood gas with electrolytes might be the most expedient method of measuring pH and electrolytes (i.e., the potassium) in most institutions. Hyperkalemia is ...
... 10- to 15-minute turn-around time are generally not that useful in the initial evaluation and management of WCT. Therefore, a venous or arterial blood gas with electrolytes might be the most expedient method of measuring pH and electrolytes (i.e., the potassium) in most institutions. Hyperkalemia is ...
research article evaluation of cardioprotective activity of polyherbal
... MI commonly known as heart attack, which arrests the cardiac function, and leads to morbidity and mortality in not only developing countries like India1. But also in developed countries like U.S 2. MI is invariably followed by several biochemical alterations such as hyperlipidemia, lipid peroxidatio ...
... MI commonly known as heart attack, which arrests the cardiac function, and leads to morbidity and mortality in not only developing countries like India1. But also in developed countries like U.S 2. MI is invariably followed by several biochemical alterations such as hyperlipidemia, lipid peroxidatio ...
roles of oxidative stress and the mineralocorticoid receptor in
... increase in cardiovascular disease risk.3) Salt loading induces left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy or diastolic dysfunction in several hypertension models.4) Furthermore, some patients with MetS exhibit LV diastolic dysfunction,5) which eventually leads to diastolic heart failure with a poor prognosi ...
... increase in cardiovascular disease risk.3) Salt loading induces left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy or diastolic dysfunction in several hypertension models.4) Furthermore, some patients with MetS exhibit LV diastolic dysfunction,5) which eventually leads to diastolic heart failure with a poor prognosi ...
Origin and Clinical Aspects of AV Heart Blocks
... resulting in atrial impulses that are not conducted to the ventricles. • With 2nd-degree AV heart block, Type II, there are more P waves than QRS complexes and the duration of PR interval of the conducted beats remains the same (are constant). • 3rd-degree AV heart block is a complete block of the ...
... resulting in atrial impulses that are not conducted to the ventricles. • With 2nd-degree AV heart block, Type II, there are more P waves than QRS complexes and the duration of PR interval of the conducted beats remains the same (are constant). • 3rd-degree AV heart block is a complete block of the ...
Atrial fibrillation
... atrial fibrillation can lead to future problems. Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure and even death. • Because the atria are beating rapidly and irregularly, blood does not flow through them as quickly. This makes the blood more likely to clot. If a clo ...
... atrial fibrillation can lead to future problems. Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure and even death. • Because the atria are beating rapidly and irregularly, blood does not flow through them as quickly. This makes the blood more likely to clot. If a clo ...