Notes Pulmonary Embolism - KSU Faculty Member websites
... airplane flights. You can take measures to help prevent pulmonary embolism. And when pulmonary embolism does occur, treatment with anti-clotting medications can greatly reduce the risk of death. ...
... airplane flights. You can take measures to help prevent pulmonary embolism. And when pulmonary embolism does occur, treatment with anti-clotting medications can greatly reduce the risk of death. ...
Sonographic screening examination of the fetal heart
... Figure 3 The five axial views for optimal fetal heart screening. The color image shows the trachea (Tr), heart and great vessels, liver and stomach, with the five planes of insonation indicated by polygons corresponding to the gray-scale images, as indicated. (I) Most caudal plane, showing the fetal ...
... Figure 3 The five axial views for optimal fetal heart screening. The color image shows the trachea (Tr), heart and great vessels, liver and stomach, with the five planes of insonation indicated by polygons corresponding to the gray-scale images, as indicated. (I) Most caudal plane, showing the fetal ...
Congenital_Heart_Dz
... Fatigue or dyspnea on exertion Supraventricular arrhythmias Paradoxical embolism, or recurrent pulmonary infections Death from RV failure or Arrhythmias in 40-50’s if uncorrected ...
... Fatigue or dyspnea on exertion Supraventricular arrhythmias Paradoxical embolism, or recurrent pulmonary infections Death from RV failure or Arrhythmias in 40-50’s if uncorrected ...
Mending a Faltering Heart
... any increase in cardiomyocyte proliferation after MI, contradicting previous findings. Whether this is because of differences in mouse models, injury types, or labeling efficiency remains an open question. A recent study examined cardiomyocyte proliferation in heart tissues of young humans (age, 0–2 ...
... any increase in cardiomyocyte proliferation after MI, contradicting previous findings. Whether this is because of differences in mouse models, injury types, or labeling efficiency remains an open question. A recent study examined cardiomyocyte proliferation in heart tissues of young humans (age, 0–2 ...
Low to High Frequency Ratio of Heart Rate Variability Spectra Fails
... Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects an influence of autonomic nervous system on heart work. In healthy subjects, ratio between low and high frequency components (LF/HF ratio) of HRV spectra represents a measure of sympatho-vagal balance. The ratio was defined by the authorities as an useful clinic ...
... Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects an influence of autonomic nervous system on heart work. In healthy subjects, ratio between low and high frequency components (LF/HF ratio) of HRV spectra represents a measure of sympatho-vagal balance. The ratio was defined by the authorities as an useful clinic ...
Congenital Systemic and Coronary-to
... artery pressure was 31/16 mmHg, the mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was 17 mmHg, and the right atrial pressure was 13 mmHg. Tecnetium-43 myocardial scintigraphy showed a decrease in ejection fraction from 53% at rest to 46% at exercise. Selective coronary angiography demonstrated a bilateral ...
... artery pressure was 31/16 mmHg, the mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was 17 mmHg, and the right atrial pressure was 13 mmHg. Tecnetium-43 myocardial scintigraphy showed a decrease in ejection fraction from 53% at rest to 46% at exercise. Selective coronary angiography demonstrated a bilateral ...
Haemodynamic response to dynamic exercise after heart-lung transplantation
... ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the haemodynamic response to dynamic exercise after heart-lung transplantation (HLT). Nine stable HLT recipients (6 males) were studied 12±55 months after transplantation. While sitting on a cycle ergometer, they first underwent a maximal sympto ...
... ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the haemodynamic response to dynamic exercise after heart-lung transplantation (HLT). Nine stable HLT recipients (6 males) were studied 12±55 months after transplantation. While sitting on a cycle ergometer, they first underwent a maximal sympto ...
The Electrical System of the Heart
... at apex, causing the QRS complex. Atrial repolarization occurs. Figure 18.17, step 3 ...
... at apex, causing the QRS complex. Atrial repolarization occurs. Figure 18.17, step 3 ...
Cardiac murmurs - Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
... belong to the description of murmur intensities. The term precordial thrill (fremitus cardialis) is used for the focal buzzing sensation against the hand when palpating the cardiac area of a dog with a very strong cardiac murmur with its vibrations being transmitted even to the thoracic wall. These ...
... belong to the description of murmur intensities. The term precordial thrill (fremitus cardialis) is used for the focal buzzing sensation against the hand when palpating the cardiac area of a dog with a very strong cardiac murmur with its vibrations being transmitted even to the thoracic wall. These ...
Cardiac Pacemakers
... then connected to the pacemaker, which is placed beneath the skin just below the collar bone. The surgery usually takes about 1 to 2 hours, and the risk of surgical complications is about 1% to 2%. Usually only a small bump in the skin is seen over the place where the pacemaker has been implanted. O ...
... then connected to the pacemaker, which is placed beneath the skin just below the collar bone. The surgery usually takes about 1 to 2 hours, and the risk of surgical complications is about 1% to 2%. Usually only a small bump in the skin is seen over the place where the pacemaker has been implanted. O ...
Mechanisms of increase in cardiac output during acute
... induced increase in HR (Fig. 2, Table 1). However, when the cuff pressure was released upon entering 0 G (0 G ⫹ CR), HR was not decreased and was significantly higher compared with 0 G ⫹ CI (P ⫽ 0.03, Fig. 2). MAP decreased during 0 G from a 1-G seated value of 99 ⫾ 6 to 95 ⫾ 6 mmHg (P ⬍ 0.05). This ...
... induced increase in HR (Fig. 2, Table 1). However, when the cuff pressure was released upon entering 0 G (0 G ⫹ CR), HR was not decreased and was significantly higher compared with 0 G ⫹ CI (P ⫽ 0.03, Fig. 2). MAP decreased during 0 G from a 1-G seated value of 99 ⫾ 6 to 95 ⫾ 6 mmHg (P ⬍ 0.05). This ...
Impact of surgical ventricular reconstruction on stroke volume in
... LV pump function.6,8 Among the other indexes of pump function explored, there were load-independent (eg, endsystolic pressure-volume relations) and load-dependent (eg, stroke volume) indexes. Regardless of which of these indexes was examined, the results suggested that pump function could be increas ...
... LV pump function.6,8 Among the other indexes of pump function explored, there were load-independent (eg, endsystolic pressure-volume relations) and load-dependent (eg, stroke volume) indexes. Regardless of which of these indexes was examined, the results suggested that pump function could be increas ...
Congenital Heart Disease Internal Medicine
... permitting free communication of blood between the atria. Seen in 10% of all CHD. ...
... permitting free communication of blood between the atria. Seen in 10% of all CHD. ...
Increased Myocardial Uptake of Dietary Fatty Acids Linked to
... was administered intravenously over 30 s with dynamic list-mode PET acquisition for 30 min (18 3 10 s, 6 3 30 s, and 6 3 240 s) centered on the thoracoabdominal segment to determine cardiac perfusion and oxidative metabolic index using multicompartmental modeling (6,12). Electrocardiogram (ECG) gati ...
... was administered intravenously over 30 s with dynamic list-mode PET acquisition for 30 min (18 3 10 s, 6 3 30 s, and 6 3 240 s) centered on the thoracoabdominal segment to determine cardiac perfusion and oxidative metabolic index using multicompartmental modeling (6,12). Electrocardiogram (ECG) gati ...
Document
... continuous. Tachycardia refers to an abnormally fast resting heart rate (1). Tachycardia can be dangerous; depending on how hard the heart has to work. When the heart beats too rapidly, it pumps less efficiently and blood flow to the rest of the body, including the heart itself is reduced. The highe ...
... continuous. Tachycardia refers to an abnormally fast resting heart rate (1). Tachycardia can be dangerous; depending on how hard the heart has to work. When the heart beats too rapidly, it pumps less efficiently and blood flow to the rest of the body, including the heart itself is reduced. The highe ...
Off-design Considerations of the 50cc Penn State Ventricular Assist
... Phase averaged maps at 12.5% after the onset of diastole, just before the peak inflow, are shown in Fig. 3. The peak inlet jet velocity becomes progressively faster as the heart rate increases: 60 bpm (Fig. 3a) has maximum velocities of approximately 1.8 m/s, 75 bpm (Fig. 3b) has maximum velocities ...
... Phase averaged maps at 12.5% after the onset of diastole, just before the peak inflow, are shown in Fig. 3. The peak inlet jet velocity becomes progressively faster as the heart rate increases: 60 bpm (Fig. 3a) has maximum velocities of approximately 1.8 m/s, 75 bpm (Fig. 3b) has maximum velocities ...
Position of the Heart and the
... deflection." The portions of the complex before and after the instantaneous intrinsicoid deflection are a much larger portion of the complex and represent the electrical activity of all the other regions of the heart as they undergo activation. To this extent a unipolar lead is not a direct lead reg ...
... deflection." The portions of the complex before and after the instantaneous intrinsicoid deflection are a much larger portion of the complex and represent the electrical activity of all the other regions of the heart as they undergo activation. To this extent a unipolar lead is not a direct lead reg ...
Difference between the left and right ventricular
... linearly with age which was similar with the present study. Right ventricle (10.1 +/- 3.1) was slightly larger than left ventricle (9.2 +/- 2.8 mm) (p less than 0.001), the pulmonary artery (7.9 +/- 1.9 mm) was greater than the aorta (7.6 +/- 2 mm) (p less than 0.001), while no significant differenc ...
... linearly with age which was similar with the present study. Right ventricle (10.1 +/- 3.1) was slightly larger than left ventricle (9.2 +/- 2.8 mm) (p less than 0.001), the pulmonary artery (7.9 +/- 1.9 mm) was greater than the aorta (7.6 +/- 2 mm) (p less than 0.001), while no significant differenc ...
Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as
... patients with tachycardia (2), causing the IST to be misdiagnosed as an emotional problem or mental illness such as depression, as in the present case. Because the symptoms associated with those emotional and psychiatric problems sometimes resemble those associated with IST, IST can be difficult to ...
... patients with tachycardia (2), causing the IST to be misdiagnosed as an emotional problem or mental illness such as depression, as in the present case. Because the symptoms associated with those emotional and psychiatric problems sometimes resemble those associated with IST, IST can be difficult to ...
4-11-05 - life.illinois.edu
... systemic circulation, which supplies all body organs and then returns oxygen-poor blood to the right atrium via the veins. – This scheme, called double circulation, provides a vigorous flow of blood to the brain, muscles, and other organs because the blood is pumped a second time after it loses pres ...
... systemic circulation, which supplies all body organs and then returns oxygen-poor blood to the right atrium via the veins. – This scheme, called double circulation, provides a vigorous flow of blood to the brain, muscles, and other organs because the blood is pumped a second time after it loses pres ...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Intercollegiate Athletics
... • Males have a high incidence than females • Sports at a high risk include(in order) basketball, swimming, lacrosse, football, and cross country • Death rate among Afro-American athletes is 1:17,696 compared to 1 in 58,653 for Caucasian competitors • Division I male basketball players, the rate of S ...
... • Males have a high incidence than females • Sports at a high risk include(in order) basketball, swimming, lacrosse, football, and cross country • Death rate among Afro-American athletes is 1:17,696 compared to 1 in 58,653 for Caucasian competitors • Division I male basketball players, the rate of S ...
Myocardial Deformation Imaging of the Systemic Right Ventricle by
... after repair, >60% of patients show moderate-to-severe RV dysfunction after 25 years when studied by echocardiography.8 Thus, the anatomic RV appears to be unable to sustain the systemic circulation in the long term and the clinical condition of patients late after Mustard repair is declining. At pr ...
... after repair, >60% of patients show moderate-to-severe RV dysfunction after 25 years when studied by echocardiography.8 Thus, the anatomic RV appears to be unable to sustain the systemic circulation in the long term and the clinical condition of patients late after Mustard repair is declining. At pr ...
Determination of right ventricular volume and function using multiple
... investigations, while right ventricular (RV) volume and motion have, at times, been overlooked. Right ventricular function may be impaired in many different disease states, such as congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, coronary heart disease, as well as in inherited cardiomyopathies. For ...
... investigations, while right ventricular (RV) volume and motion have, at times, been overlooked. Right ventricular function may be impaired in many different disease states, such as congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, coronary heart disease, as well as in inherited cardiomyopathies. For ...
Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia
... You will be returned to the ward where you were admitted. It is possible that you may not remember anything from the operating room and might only wake up fully when you are back on the ward. This is normal. The person who accompanied you to the hospital can visit you as soon as you get back to the ...
... You will be returned to the ward where you were admitted. It is possible that you may not remember anything from the operating room and might only wake up fully when you are back on the ward. This is normal. The person who accompanied you to the hospital can visit you as soon as you get back to the ...
S2 File.
... surgeons determine the size of the valve graft in situ using a measuring tool („sizer“) on the open heart. A “patient-prothesis-mismatch“ can result in elevated pressure gradients and in paravalvular leakage with suitable regurgitation, which new studies identified as negative prognostic factors. In ...
... surgeons determine the size of the valve graft in situ using a measuring tool („sizer“) on the open heart. A “patient-prothesis-mismatch“ can result in elevated pressure gradients and in paravalvular leakage with suitable regurgitation, which new studies identified as negative prognostic factors. In ...
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow stops to a part of the heart causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may travel into the shoulder, arm, back, neck, or jaw. Often it is in the center or left side of the chest and lasts for more than a few minutes. The discomfort may occasionally feel like heartburn. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, nausea, feeling faint, a cold sweat, or feeling tired. About 30% of people have atypical symptoms, with women more likely than men to present atypically. Among those over 75 years old, about 5% have had an MI with little or no history of symptoms. An MI may cause heart failure, an irregular heartbeat, or cardiac arrest.Most MIs occur due to coronary artery disease. Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, lack of exercise, obesity, high blood cholesterol, poor diet, and excessive alcohol intake, among others. The mechanism of an MI often involves the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque, leading to complete blockage of a coronary artery. MIs are less commonly caused by coronary artery spasms, which may be due to cocaine, significant emotional stress, and extreme cold, among others. A number of tests are useful to help with diagnosis, including electrocardiograms (ECGs), blood tests, and coronary angiography. An ECG may confirm an ST elevation MI if ST elevation is present. Commonly used blood tests include troponin and less often creatine kinase MB.Aspirin is an appropriate immediate treatment for a suspected MI. Nitroglycerin or opioids may be used to help with chest pain; however, they do not improve overall outcomes. Supplemental oxygen should be used in those with low oxygen levels or shortness of breath. In ST elevation MIs treatments which attempt to restore blood flow to the heart are typically recommended and include angioplasty, where the arteries are pushed open, or thrombolysis, where the blockage is removed using medications. People who have a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) are often managed with the blood thinner heparin, with the additional use angioplasty in those at high risk. In people with blockages of multiple coronary arteries and diabetes, bypass surgery (CABG) may be recommended rather than angioplasty. After an MI, lifestyle modifications, along with long term treatment with aspirin, beta blockers, and statins, are typically recommended.Worldwide, more than 3 million people have ST elevation MIs and 4 million have NSTEMIs each year. STEMIs occur about twice as often in men as women. About one million people have an MI each year in the United States. In the developed world the risk of death in those who have had an STEMI is about 10%. Rates of MI for a given age have decreased globally between 1990 and 2010.