Hemodialysis Induced Cardiac Injury in Chronic Renal Dysfunction
... • Another group who developed HD induced myocardial stunning, 28% patients died. After 1 year follow-up of patients who survived, showed reduction in overall LV ejection by around 10%. • Increased left atrial volume (LAV), which is an indicator of chronic diastolic dysfunction, is independent marker ...
... • Another group who developed HD induced myocardial stunning, 28% patients died. After 1 year follow-up of patients who survived, showed reduction in overall LV ejection by around 10%. • Increased left atrial volume (LAV), which is an indicator of chronic diastolic dysfunction, is independent marker ...
S15 Pharmacology HEART FAILURE
... Toxic effects may occur before the therapeutic end point is detected If digitalis is being loaded slowly, simple omission of one dose & halving the maintenance dose will often bring the patient to the normal range Measurement of plasma digoxin levels is useful in patients who appear unusually resist ...
... Toxic effects may occur before the therapeutic end point is detected If digitalis is being loaded slowly, simple omission of one dose & halving the maintenance dose will often bring the patient to the normal range Measurement of plasma digoxin levels is useful in patients who appear unusually resist ...
Haemodynamic disturbances
... b- less commonly they may arise from left atrium as in fibrillation. c -aortic athermanous plague . d- vegetation on diseased value . They can lodge any where in the arterial system & invariably cause Infarction Usually in the lower extremity , brain , kidney & spleen. *-Venous emboli (pulmonary em ...
... b- less commonly they may arise from left atrium as in fibrillation. c -aortic athermanous plague . d- vegetation on diseased value . They can lodge any where in the arterial system & invariably cause Infarction Usually in the lower extremity , brain , kidney & spleen. *-Venous emboli (pulmonary em ...
Does a Pacemaker help Atrial Fibrillation?
... fibrillation includes medications to help keep the heart in normal the heart is doing and send rhythm, or medications to keep the electrical impulses to the heart heart rate under control if the atrial to make it beat. When the fibrillation is permanent. Either way, pacemaker detects the heart A pac ...
... fibrillation includes medications to help keep the heart in normal the heart is doing and send rhythm, or medications to keep the electrical impulses to the heart heart rate under control if the atrial to make it beat. When the fibrillation is permanent. Either way, pacemaker detects the heart A pac ...
File - Ms. Zhong`s Classes
... met tissue needs • It is usually a progressive condition that reflects weakening of the heart by clogging of the coronary vessels with fatty buildup, persistent high blood pressure, or multiple myocardial infarcts ...
... met tissue needs • It is usually a progressive condition that reflects weakening of the heart by clogging of the coronary vessels with fatty buildup, persistent high blood pressure, or multiple myocardial infarcts ...
FC Ch 3 Helena
... Cardiorespiratory System The heart Right side pumps blood in the pulmonary ...
... Cardiorespiratory System The heart Right side pumps blood in the pulmonary ...
human circulatory system blood heart blood
... The heart is a strong muscular organ used to pump blood. It has 4 blood-collecting chambers – 2 atria and 2 ventricles. Valves between the chambers allow one-way blood flow. The wall of the left ventricle is the thickest and strongest because blood from here is pumped all around the body. The heart ...
... The heart is a strong muscular organ used to pump blood. It has 4 blood-collecting chambers – 2 atria and 2 ventricles. Valves between the chambers allow one-way blood flow. The wall of the left ventricle is the thickest and strongest because blood from here is pumped all around the body. The heart ...
The Circulatory System I
... “Please take a moment to make a prediction with the person next to you about the major function of each of the two circulatory systems. What do you think their main purpose is?” After a couple of minutes, I will ask for some volunteers, and may call on students to hear what they’ve come up with, as ...
... “Please take a moment to make a prediction with the person next to you about the major function of each of the two circulatory systems. What do you think their main purpose is?” After a couple of minutes, I will ask for some volunteers, and may call on students to hear what they’ve come up with, as ...
ECGS
... Big bad anterior MI How can I tell Acute vs. Recent vs. Old changes on the ECG? Why do some infarcts have a Q wave and others don’t? Practice Session with discussion on Management ...
... Big bad anterior MI How can I tell Acute vs. Recent vs. Old changes on the ECG? Why do some infarcts have a Q wave and others don’t? Practice Session with discussion on Management ...
Cardiac rhythm management treatments
... During the internal cardioversion, you will be given a short acting sedative to make you sleepy. Internal cardioversion is performed when medications and external cardioversion have been unsuccessful in returning a patient’s rhythm back to a normal sinus rhythm. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillato ...
... During the internal cardioversion, you will be given a short acting sedative to make you sleepy. Internal cardioversion is performed when medications and external cardioversion have been unsuccessful in returning a patient’s rhythm back to a normal sinus rhythm. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillato ...
2- Heart rate, heart sound and murmurs
... can be heard after the S2. It is heard in normal heart; in children and in adult during exercise. It is also heard in anemia, and AV valve regurgitation. Fourth heart sound: Normally not heard with stethoscope, but by phonocardiogram, because it has low frequency (20 Hz). It occurs immediately befor ...
... can be heard after the S2. It is heard in normal heart; in children and in adult during exercise. It is also heard in anemia, and AV valve regurgitation. Fourth heart sound: Normally not heard with stethoscope, but by phonocardiogram, because it has low frequency (20 Hz). It occurs immediately befor ...
Andrew Lloyd Webber`s Phantom of the Retina
... Like the opera house of Leroux, the retina sometimes harbors its own phantoms. Difficult to detect, cloaked as other ailments, sometimes hiding in the subretinal space or in the retinal vasculature, these phantoms wreak havoc on the beautiful photoreceptors and their theater, the retina, wrecking th ...
... Like the opera house of Leroux, the retina sometimes harbors its own phantoms. Difficult to detect, cloaked as other ailments, sometimes hiding in the subretinal space or in the retinal vasculature, these phantoms wreak havoc on the beautiful photoreceptors and their theater, the retina, wrecking th ...
Heart rate
... • Myocardium extremely oxidative; has high O2 demand • Coronary arteries supply oxygen to compact myocardium • Spongy myocardium obtains oxygen from blood flowing through the heart ...
... • Myocardium extremely oxidative; has high O2 demand • Coronary arteries supply oxygen to compact myocardium • Spongy myocardium obtains oxygen from blood flowing through the heart ...
Topic: Circulatory system Reading: Chapter 32 Main concepts: •The
... • The two-chambered heart in fish moves the blood, but does not separate oxygenated from deoxygenated blood. The three-chambered heart in amphibians and reptiles creates some separation of the blood (the crocodile in particular has a partially-chambered ventricle). The four-chambered heart in mammal ...
... • The two-chambered heart in fish moves the blood, but does not separate oxygenated from deoxygenated blood. The three-chambered heart in amphibians and reptiles creates some separation of the blood (the crocodile in particular has a partially-chambered ventricle). The four-chambered heart in mammal ...
The main features of the animal circulatory system are
... • The two-chambered heart in fish moves the blood, but does not separate oxygenated from deoxygenated blood. The three-chambered heart in amphibians and reptiles creates some separation of the blood (the crocodile in particular has a partially-chambered ventricle). The four-chambered heart in mammal ...
... • The two-chambered heart in fish moves the blood, but does not separate oxygenated from deoxygenated blood. The three-chambered heart in amphibians and reptiles creates some separation of the blood (the crocodile in particular has a partially-chambered ventricle). The four-chambered heart in mammal ...
Typical chest pain with intermittent LBBB
... d) Combined exercise/pharmacologic. • Vasodilators are the stressors of choice in patients with LBBB because heart rate usually does not change significantly, limiting the appearance of septal defect which is more evident at high heart rates even if the conduction disturbance is permanent. These sho ...
... d) Combined exercise/pharmacologic. • Vasodilators are the stressors of choice in patients with LBBB because heart rate usually does not change significantly, limiting the appearance of septal defect which is more evident at high heart rates even if the conduction disturbance is permanent. These sho ...
cyanotic congenital heart diseases
... Children, and Adolescents: Including the Fetus and Young Adult: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ...
... Children, and Adolescents: Including the Fetus and Young Adult: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ...
EKG Update
... node, has narrow complex. Associated with inferior MI. Look for group beating due to shortening of RR interval. Non-conducted P wave is < 2 RR. 2nd strip: Mobitz 2. PR unchanged with dropped QRS. Block is in His and may have wide complex. Associated with anterior MI. atropine 3rd strip: 2:1. Could b ...
... node, has narrow complex. Associated with inferior MI. Look for group beating due to shortening of RR interval. Non-conducted P wave is < 2 RR. 2nd strip: Mobitz 2. PR unchanged with dropped QRS. Block is in His and may have wide complex. Associated with anterior MI. atropine 3rd strip: 2:1. Could b ...
peripheral circulation
... Since η and L are generally constant, changes in R are usually due to changes in r (radius), particularly since resistance varies as r to the 4th power; that is, a small change in r can lead to a large change in resistance and flow ...
... Since η and L are generally constant, changes in R are usually due to changes in r (radius), particularly since resistance varies as r to the 4th power; that is, a small change in r can lead to a large change in resistance and flow ...
Your Heart and How It Works - OSU Patient Education Materials
... Function of the Heart Your heart acts as a double pump. Blood enters the right atrium and flows into the right ventricle. The tricuspid valve prevents the blood from flowing back into the atrium. The blood then flows out of the heart to the lungs through the pulmonic valve, to pick up oxygen. The ox ...
... Function of the Heart Your heart acts as a double pump. Blood enters the right atrium and flows into the right ventricle. The tricuspid valve prevents the blood from flowing back into the atrium. The blood then flows out of the heart to the lungs through the pulmonic valve, to pick up oxygen. The ox ...
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Does It Really Matter?
... The proportion of patients that had participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes remained low, if not very low, both globally and locally. The first potential barrier to CR participation is the failure of health-care providers (mainly doctors) to refer their patients to CR. A study23 had demons ...
... The proportion of patients that had participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes remained low, if not very low, both globally and locally. The first potential barrier to CR participation is the failure of health-care providers (mainly doctors) to refer their patients to CR. A study23 had demons ...
Document
... heparin might provide benefit in selected patients, such as those with recent myocardial infarction, arterial dissection or progressing strokes. Intracranial haemorrhage must be excluded on brain imaging before considering anticoagulation. ...
... heparin might provide benefit in selected patients, such as those with recent myocardial infarction, arterial dissection or progressing strokes. Intracranial haemorrhage must be excluded on brain imaging before considering anticoagulation. ...
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... 7. It is known, that I.M. Sechenow had named the arterioles “wonderful tap” of the body vascular system. What histologic and functional peculiarities of the arterioles allow calling them in such way? 8. In the specimen there seen the vessels, through which the blood passes from the arterioles to the ...
... 7. It is known, that I.M. Sechenow had named the arterioles “wonderful tap” of the body vascular system. What histologic and functional peculiarities of the arterioles allow calling them in such way? 8. In the specimen there seen the vessels, through which the blood passes from the arterioles to the ...