Bedside ultrasound of the lung for the monitoring of acute
... Purposes: Multiple artifacts B lines (B+) at transthoracic lung ultrasound have been proposed as a sonographic sign of pulmonary congestion. Our aim is to assess B+ clearance after medical treatment in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and to compare the usefulness of sonography with other tr ...
... Purposes: Multiple artifacts B lines (B+) at transthoracic lung ultrasound have been proposed as a sonographic sign of pulmonary congestion. Our aim is to assess B+ clearance after medical treatment in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and to compare the usefulness of sonography with other tr ...
PowerPoint - The Heathland School
... output’ and ‘stroke volume’? (2 marks) Jan 12 Qu 1 (b) Explain how changes in the acidity of the blood cause the heart rate to increase during a game of football. (4 marks) ©Subject Support 2012 ...
... output’ and ‘stroke volume’? (2 marks) Jan 12 Qu 1 (b) Explain how changes in the acidity of the blood cause the heart rate to increase during a game of football. (4 marks) ©Subject Support 2012 ...
Cardiac Troponin T and Cardiac Enzymes After External
... that they immediately received DC shock. Our results suggest that elevated cTnT level after ECV for life-threatening arrhythmias indicates the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, which may present with VT or VF. It may be quite useful if the ECG changes are nonspecific or nondiagnostic, such as when ...
... that they immediately received DC shock. Our results suggest that elevated cTnT level after ECV for life-threatening arrhythmias indicates the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, which may present with VT or VF. It may be quite useful if the ECG changes are nonspecific or nondiagnostic, such as when ...
3 - JACC
... enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (R&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota). Study population. A total of 544 patients at 66 centers located in Canada, the United States, Poland, and the Netherlands were enrolled in this study. Patients were included in the study if they were between 18 and 85 year ...
... enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (R&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota). Study population. A total of 544 patients at 66 centers located in Canada, the United States, Poland, and the Netherlands were enrolled in this study. Patients were included in the study if they were between 18 and 85 year ...
ECG interpretation - Division of Cardiac Imaging
... The QT interval is usually about 0.4 s (two large squares) and is important as prolongation can lead to serious ventricular arrhythmias such as torsades de pointes. It can be prolonged for several reasons – including drugs such as amiodarone, sotalol and some anti-histamines – so a drug history is c ...
... The QT interval is usually about 0.4 s (two large squares) and is important as prolongation can lead to serious ventricular arrhythmias such as torsades de pointes. It can be prolonged for several reasons – including drugs such as amiodarone, sotalol and some anti-histamines – so a drug history is c ...
Chapter 21 - Martini
... Autoregulation – automatic adjustment of blood flow to each tissue in proportion to its requirements at any given point in time Blood flow through an individual organ is intrinsically controlled by modifying the diameter of local arterioles feeding its capillaries MAP remains constant, while l ...
... Autoregulation – automatic adjustment of blood flow to each tissue in proportion to its requirements at any given point in time Blood flow through an individual organ is intrinsically controlled by modifying the diameter of local arterioles feeding its capillaries MAP remains constant, while l ...
The roles of gender, the menopause and hormone replacement on
... echocardiography), LV mass decreased with age in men, but remained constant in women [38], suggesting a similar gender disparity to that found in population echocardiographic studies. In women cardiomyocyte number and volume remained stable, whereas in men there was a prominent decrease in myocyte n ...
... echocardiography), LV mass decreased with age in men, but remained constant in women [38], suggesting a similar gender disparity to that found in population echocardiographic studies. In women cardiomyocyte number and volume remained stable, whereas in men there was a prominent decrease in myocyte n ...
Moseby Berge_2013_Hypertension_Blood pressure in professional
... DBP (P ¼ 0.341). For all differences, see Table 1, Supplemental Digital Content, http://links.lww.com/HJH/A240. MAP and PP were on average 87 8 and 53 10 mmHg, respectively. The HR was 55 9 beats/min. Altogether 250 (42%) of the players had optimal BP, 197 (33%) had normal BP, 108 (18%) had hi ...
... DBP (P ¼ 0.341). For all differences, see Table 1, Supplemental Digital Content, http://links.lww.com/HJH/A240. MAP and PP were on average 87 8 and 53 10 mmHg, respectively. The HR was 55 9 beats/min. Altogether 250 (42%) of the players had optimal BP, 197 (33%) had normal BP, 108 (18%) had hi ...
nitroglycerin - DavisPlus
... Topical: Sites of topical application should be rotated to prevent skin irritation. Remove patch or ointment from previous site before application. Doses may be increased to the highest dose that does not cause symptomatic hypotension. Apply ointment by using dose-measuring application papers suppli ...
... Topical: Sites of topical application should be rotated to prevent skin irritation. Remove patch or ointment from previous site before application. Doses may be increased to the highest dose that does not cause symptomatic hypotension. Apply ointment by using dose-measuring application papers suppli ...
Pacemaker Development in Embryonic Rat Heart Cultured
... should be equally likely in all portions of the incision and in distal portions of the remaining tissue. Fourth, conduction patterns in lower parts of the graft were unaffected by serial slices in upper parts, indicating that pacemaker shifts, if any, occurred over less than 200 p. Inasmuch as orien ...
... should be equally likely in all portions of the incision and in distal portions of the remaining tissue. Fourth, conduction patterns in lower parts of the graft were unaffected by serial slices in upper parts, indicating that pacemaker shifts, if any, occurred over less than 200 p. Inasmuch as orien ...
motion mode echocardiography on healthy male
... muscular separation between the left and right ventricle. Papillary muscles are broad, finger-like projections in the cavity of the ventricle. Each papillary muscle has multiple smaller heads giving rise to the chordae tendineae (Factor et al. 2002). The aorta also consists of three layers: the inne ...
... muscular separation between the left and right ventricle. Papillary muscles are broad, finger-like projections in the cavity of the ventricle. Each papillary muscle has multiple smaller heads giving rise to the chordae tendineae (Factor et al. 2002). The aorta also consists of three layers: the inne ...
Pansystolic murmur in the newborn: tricuspid regurgitation versus
... Technology Laboratories Mark 600 echocardiograph. Standard methods were used for detection of the ventricular septal defect' and tricuspid regurgitation.2 We did not include in the group with tricuspid regurgitation those infants who had minimal tricuspid regurgitation with a jet found only close to ...
... Technology Laboratories Mark 600 echocardiograph. Standard methods were used for detection of the ventricular septal defect' and tricuspid regurgitation.2 We did not include in the group with tricuspid regurgitation those infants who had minimal tricuspid regurgitation with a jet found only close to ...
Expanding application of the Wiggers diagram to teach
... when a compression wave transmits along the direction of flow, it simultaneously increases pressure and accelerates flow; when a compression wave transmits against the direction of flow, it increases pressure and decelerates flow. Conversely, a wave introduced by a pull generates a decompression wav ...
... when a compression wave transmits along the direction of flow, it simultaneously increases pressure and accelerates flow; when a compression wave transmits against the direction of flow, it increases pressure and decelerates flow. Conversely, a wave introduced by a pull generates a decompression wav ...
Cardiac Surgery: Heart Valve Disease
... the three leaflets of the aortic valve fuse together before birth. This creates a two-leaflet valve, instead of the normal three-leaflet valve (Figure 12). BAV also affects the thoracic aorta, the largest artery in the body that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. A heart with BAV ...
... the three leaflets of the aortic valve fuse together before birth. This creates a two-leaflet valve, instead of the normal three-leaflet valve (Figure 12). BAV also affects the thoracic aorta, the largest artery in the body that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. A heart with BAV ...
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Associated Arrhythmias
... Looking at ECG's alone, the reported incidence of classic WPW ranges from .1 to 3.1 per 10005. In children, the prevalence rates range between .4 and 5 per 1000. The quality of life and life expectancy of children discovered to have ECG evidence of WPW, but who do not experience arrhythmias, appears ...
... Looking at ECG's alone, the reported incidence of classic WPW ranges from .1 to 3.1 per 10005. In children, the prevalence rates range between .4 and 5 per 1000. The quality of life and life expectancy of children discovered to have ECG evidence of WPW, but who do not experience arrhythmias, appears ...
Phys Chapter 13 [4-20
... This is caused most often by re-entrant circus movement feedback pathways that set up local repeated self re-excitation Since it’s rapid, this focus becomes the new pacemaker Paroxysmal tachycardia – the heart rate becomes rapid in paroxysms (episodes), where it starts suddenly, lasts for seconds to ...
... This is caused most often by re-entrant circus movement feedback pathways that set up local repeated self re-excitation Since it’s rapid, this focus becomes the new pacemaker Paroxysmal tachycardia – the heart rate becomes rapid in paroxysms (episodes), where it starts suddenly, lasts for seconds to ...
From Incidental, Mechanically-Induced Arrhythmias to Reflex
... Any accidental insertion of the pacing lead into the pulmonary artery or ventricular outflow tract often results in firing of chaotic premature ventricular beats leading occasionally to critical destabilization of heart rhythm. Supraventricular extrasystoles or premature atrial contractions are inci ...
... Any accidental insertion of the pacing lead into the pulmonary artery or ventricular outflow tract often results in firing of chaotic premature ventricular beats leading occasionally to critical destabilization of heart rhythm. Supraventricular extrasystoles or premature atrial contractions are inci ...
Acute Coronary Syndromes Model of Care
... person with an initial NSTEACS on ECG may develop ST-elevation at which time an immediate reperfusion strategy is usually considered. Given that risk stratification impacts on ACS, separate pathways have been developed to guide management. Patients presenting with symptoms indicative of myocardial ...
... person with an initial NSTEACS on ECG may develop ST-elevation at which time an immediate reperfusion strategy is usually considered. Given that risk stratification impacts on ACS, separate pathways have been developed to guide management. Patients presenting with symptoms indicative of myocardial ...
Valvular Heart Disease: Review and Update
... In patients with chronic mitral regurgitation, left ventricular damage can occur while the patient remains asymptomatic. Therefore, surgery is indicated if left ventricular dysfunction has begun to develop, even in the absence of symptoms.1,3 Generally, the ejection fraction of patients with mitral ...
... In patients with chronic mitral regurgitation, left ventricular damage can occur while the patient remains asymptomatic. Therefore, surgery is indicated if left ventricular dysfunction has begun to develop, even in the absence of symptoms.1,3 Generally, the ejection fraction of patients with mitral ...
Print - Circulation
... it mnay surprise many that there have beeni only two studies of ventricular septation at the time of and after closure of the interventricular septum in which scale reproduction-s of original human nmaterial were used.5 6 And there are no published accounts using reconstruction methods with human ma ...
... it mnay surprise many that there have beeni only two studies of ventricular septation at the time of and after closure of the interventricular septum in which scale reproduction-s of original human nmaterial were used.5 6 And there are no published accounts using reconstruction methods with human ma ...
The Transport System - Aurora City Schools
... Persistent systolic b.p. at or higher than 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic b.p. at or higher than 90 mm Hg. “Silent Killer”; often displays no outward symptoms for years Affects almost one-third of the US adult population Elevated b.p. requires the heart to work harder to pump blodo throughout the body, ...
... Persistent systolic b.p. at or higher than 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic b.p. at or higher than 90 mm Hg. “Silent Killer”; often displays no outward symptoms for years Affects almost one-third of the US adult population Elevated b.p. requires the heart to work harder to pump blodo throughout the body, ...
Impact of valve prosthesis-patient mismatch on pulmonary
... with longstanding disease, potentially irreversible structural changes may occur in the pulmonary vasculature. Given that PA hypertension is quite prevalent in patients with severe mitral valve disease and that it is associated with poor functional capacity and dismal prognosis (1–3,35), normalizati ...
... with longstanding disease, potentially irreversible structural changes may occur in the pulmonary vasculature. Given that PA hypertension is quite prevalent in patients with severe mitral valve disease and that it is associated with poor functional capacity and dismal prognosis (1–3,35), normalizati ...
CAUSE: Cardiac arrest ultra-sound exam
... The use of transthoracic ultrasound to diagnose pulmonary emboli has been studied as well in patients not experiencing cardiac arrest. Nazeyrollas et al. performed a prospective study in 70 patients with suspected acute pulmonary emboli, he found that right sided enlargement in this patient populati ...
... The use of transthoracic ultrasound to diagnose pulmonary emboli has been studied as well in patients not experiencing cardiac arrest. Nazeyrollas et al. performed a prospective study in 70 patients with suspected acute pulmonary emboli, he found that right sided enlargement in this patient populati ...