The Circulatory System Lecture
... • Unlike arteries, most veins carry ‘used’ blood back to the heartthe body cells have taken the oxygen they need from the blood, so it is low in oxygen. • When blood is low in oxygen, it is a dark, purplish blue color, unlike the bright red of the oxygenated blood carried by the arteries. • Inside m ...
... • Unlike arteries, most veins carry ‘used’ blood back to the heartthe body cells have taken the oxygen they need from the blood, so it is low in oxygen. • When blood is low in oxygen, it is a dark, purplish blue color, unlike the bright red of the oxygenated blood carried by the arteries. • Inside m ...
Anesthetic Management of a Neonate with Atrioventricular Canal for
... normocarbia (Table 1). Patient received 15ml of 5% albumin with 60 ml of Plasmalyte® during the surgery. Surgical time was approximately eighty minutes. Muscle paralysis was reversed with neostigmine and glycopyrrolate. The patient was extubated in the operating room and had an uneventful recovery i ...
... normocarbia (Table 1). Patient received 15ml of 5% albumin with 60 ml of Plasmalyte® during the surgery. Surgical time was approximately eighty minutes. Muscle paralysis was reversed with neostigmine and glycopyrrolate. The patient was extubated in the operating room and had an uneventful recovery i ...
Pacermaker Post Test 1. (True/False) The
... 11. A patient who may benefit from a pacemaker will have all of the following except. A. Symptomatic Bradycardia B. Second or third degree heart block C. Sick Sinus Syndrome D. Heart rate below 60 BPM while at rest 12. (True/False) Pacemakers are not capable of making adjustments in response to a pa ...
... 11. A patient who may benefit from a pacemaker will have all of the following except. A. Symptomatic Bradycardia B. Second or third degree heart block C. Sick Sinus Syndrome D. Heart rate below 60 BPM while at rest 12. (True/False) Pacemakers are not capable of making adjustments in response to a pa ...
What Is Kawasaki Disease? - American Heart Association
... test or group of tests. Doctors make the diagnosis after carefully examining the child, observing signs and symptoms and eliminating the possibility of other, similar diseases. How is Kawasaki disease treated? Many children with Kawasaki disease are treated in the hospital. The stay is may be a few ...
... test or group of tests. Doctors make the diagnosis after carefully examining the child, observing signs and symptoms and eliminating the possibility of other, similar diseases. How is Kawasaki disease treated? Many children with Kawasaki disease are treated in the hospital. The stay is may be a few ...
Read More… - Dr. Meletis
... Since atherosclerosis may, in part, be an inflammatory disease, circulating factors related to inflammation may predict cardiovascular disease. One of these inflammatory factors is high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP). Researchers have found that circulating levels of CRP can help predict the r ...
... Since atherosclerosis may, in part, be an inflammatory disease, circulating factors related to inflammation may predict cardiovascular disease. One of these inflammatory factors is high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP). Researchers have found that circulating levels of CRP can help predict the r ...
lecture 4 A 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG)
... procedure purpose and requirements and ability to cooperate: that client should lie still and refrain from talking, electrode attachment, procedure lasts only a few minutes and is painless. Anxiety may be relieved by simple explanation of intent, duration, and purpose. ...
... procedure purpose and requirements and ability to cooperate: that client should lie still and refrain from talking, electrode attachment, procedure lasts only a few minutes and is painless. Anxiety may be relieved by simple explanation of intent, duration, and purpose. ...
Chapter10_Detailed_Answers
... Depolarization and repolarization of non-pacemaker myocytes takes place over five phases with depolarization occurring during Phase 0. d: Palpitations are the most common symptom of cardiac dysrhythmias. They are an abnormal sensation felt with the heartbeat. People describe feeling their heart skip ...
... Depolarization and repolarization of non-pacemaker myocytes takes place over five phases with depolarization occurring during Phase 0. d: Palpitations are the most common symptom of cardiac dysrhythmias. They are an abnormal sensation felt with the heartbeat. People describe feeling their heart skip ...
Notes to Heart 2
... starts when pressure inside ventricles drops even more and allows opening of the AV valves (pressure slightly starts increasing) it is followed by firing of the SA-node = atrial systole blood rushes into the ventricles and volume increases until it shuts the AV-valves note that most of the blood ent ...
... starts when pressure inside ventricles drops even more and allows opening of the AV valves (pressure slightly starts increasing) it is followed by firing of the SA-node = atrial systole blood rushes into the ventricles and volume increases until it shuts the AV-valves note that most of the blood ent ...
MODERN CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Ahmad Taha, Kochubiei
... table test, Electrophysiology study, Cardiac catheterization (also called coronary angiogram), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart, Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the heart, Cardiac CT scan. Electrocardiogram (ECG). A test that records the electrical activity of the heart, shows a ...
... table test, Electrophysiology study, Cardiac catheterization (also called coronary angiogram), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart, Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the heart, Cardiac CT scan. Electrocardiogram (ECG). A test that records the electrical activity of the heart, shows a ...
Atrial Fibrillation Explained - New
... Valve disease refers to the thickening of the cardiac valves. Each side of the heart has a valve to keep the blood from going backward from the ventricles to the atria. The valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle is called the mitral valve. The valve between the right atrium and the rig ...
... Valve disease refers to the thickening of the cardiac valves. Each side of the heart has a valve to keep the blood from going backward from the ventricles to the atria. The valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle is called the mitral valve. The valve between the right atrium and the rig ...
Diseases and disorders of the cardiovascular system
... In the lungs the blood is filled with oxygen, and this oxygen rich blood is then transported back to the heart through the pulmonary veins. The pulmonary veins flow into the left atrium of the heart, and then into the left ventricle. From there the oxygen rich blood is pumped into the aorta, the lar ...
... In the lungs the blood is filled with oxygen, and this oxygen rich blood is then transported back to the heart through the pulmonary veins. The pulmonary veins flow into the left atrium of the heart, and then into the left ventricle. From there the oxygen rich blood is pumped into the aorta, the lar ...
University of Kentucky Mechanic Circulatory Support Program
... • Most patients will not have a pulse • The ventricle is unloaded before enough pressure is generated to open the aortic valve ...
... • Most patients will not have a pulse • The ventricle is unloaded before enough pressure is generated to open the aortic valve ...
The Role of Cardiac Surgery in Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure
... of view the implantation is fairly simple and does not require the use of extracorporeal circulation. It can be complemented with reduction mitral annuloplasty or/and cardiac resynchronization therapy. Another surgical option, which has become immensely popular in the last decade, is implantation of ...
... of view the implantation is fairly simple and does not require the use of extracorporeal circulation. It can be complemented with reduction mitral annuloplasty or/and cardiac resynchronization therapy. Another surgical option, which has become immensely popular in the last decade, is implantation of ...
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... 3. Take the Narrated Heart Tour. Click on English - Human Heart The heart has 4 chambers. Each of these chambers plays an important role in the circulation of blood through the heart. List them in order of the flow of blood through the heart: ...
... 3. Take the Narrated Heart Tour. Click on English - Human Heart The heart has 4 chambers. Each of these chambers plays an important role in the circulation of blood through the heart. List them in order of the flow of blood through the heart: ...
skeletal muscle
... • In most tissues, blood flow is proportional to the metabolic needs of the tissue. • Flow is met by dilation of metarterioles and relaxation of the precapillary ...
... • In most tissues, blood flow is proportional to the metabolic needs of the tissue. • Flow is met by dilation of metarterioles and relaxation of the precapillary ...
Questions on Vascular System
... 4 Impulse conducted down Bundle of His 5 Up the Purkinje fibres 6 This causes ventricles to contract/ventricular systole/blood ejected out of right and left ventricles/ventricular depolarisation 7 The atria/ventricles relax to allow the heart to refill with blood. ...
... 4 Impulse conducted down Bundle of His 5 Up the Purkinje fibres 6 This causes ventricles to contract/ventricular systole/blood ejected out of right and left ventricles/ventricular depolarisation 7 The atria/ventricles relax to allow the heart to refill with blood. ...
Myocardial infarction
... • Chronic IHD usually results from postinfarction cardiac decompensation that follows exhaustion of the hypertrophic viable myocardium. • progressive heart failure as a consequence of ischemic myocardial damage; sometimes punctuated by episodes of angina or MI. • Arrhythmias are common along with CH ...
... • Chronic IHD usually results from postinfarction cardiac decompensation that follows exhaustion of the hypertrophic viable myocardium. • progressive heart failure as a consequence of ischemic myocardial damage; sometimes punctuated by episodes of angina or MI. • Arrhythmias are common along with CH ...
2. The Transport System
... tries to flow back as pressure in ventricles falls, so they close, DUB sound) Heart again in diastole (blood continues to drain from pulmonary vains through atrium into ventricle…) Following each phase of contraction, the atria and ventricles relax in order to return to a condition in which they c ...
... tries to flow back as pressure in ventricles falls, so they close, DUB sound) Heart again in diastole (blood continues to drain from pulmonary vains through atrium into ventricle…) Following each phase of contraction, the atria and ventricles relax in order to return to a condition in which they c ...
Isovolumic Relaxation Time and Incoordination: Important
... interval P, - TR end exceeded the value predicted by the above equation by 4 0 k 9 ms (mean & SE), suggesting additional impairment to right ventricular relaxation in this group. Conclusion : This method permits estimation of the peak TR velocity in a greater proportion of patients with pulmonary hy ...
... interval P, - TR end exceeded the value predicted by the above equation by 4 0 k 9 ms (mean & SE), suggesting additional impairment to right ventricular relaxation in this group. Conclusion : This method permits estimation of the peak TR velocity in a greater proportion of patients with pulmonary hy ...
heart disease
... illness cover, an underwriter will consider the overall risk of you suffering from this in the future. Like the medical profession, they’ll consider all the risk factors mentioned on the previous page. One risk factor on its own isn’t normally a concern, but two or three together increase the risk a ...
... illness cover, an underwriter will consider the overall risk of you suffering from this in the future. Like the medical profession, they’ll consider all the risk factors mentioned on the previous page. One risk factor on its own isn’t normally a concern, but two or three together increase the risk a ...
Overview: Any irregular heart beat is called an arrhythmia. Some
... whether an electrocardiogram is available (a two-table reduction may be available for a rated case if an otherwise unr emarkable electrocardiogram is available). Atrial fibrillation, or flutter, is classified as being paroxysmal (intermittent) or chronic (permanent). A single episode of atrial fibri ...
... whether an electrocardiogram is available (a two-table reduction may be available for a rated case if an otherwise unr emarkable electrocardiogram is available). Atrial fibrillation, or flutter, is classified as being paroxysmal (intermittent) or chronic (permanent). A single episode of atrial fibri ...
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... The Atriums contract together as do the ventricles. When the valves close they create a sound. This is why you heart has a lubb dubb sound. ...
... The Atriums contract together as do the ventricles. When the valves close they create a sound. This is why you heart has a lubb dubb sound. ...
Cardiovascular toxicity Cardiac Structure The cardiovascular system
... oxygen and nutrient demand. A major cause of IHD is coronary artery atherosclerosis and the resulting arterial obstruction. Prolonged ischemia may lead to myocardial infarction, or death. Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure cardiac hypertrophy is often a compensatory response of the heart to an in ...
... oxygen and nutrient demand. A major cause of IHD is coronary artery atherosclerosis and the resulting arterial obstruction. Prolonged ischemia may lead to myocardial infarction, or death. Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure cardiac hypertrophy is often a compensatory response of the heart to an in ...
3. The tunica ___ consists of mainly smooth muscle and elastic tissue.
... 16, Renin causes the production of this 60. Neurogenic shock results from rapid loss of ___ vasoconstrictor from plasma proteins. tone that causes vasodilation which severely 17. The external ____ arteries lead to the femoral decreases blood pressure. artery. 18. Also know as ADH, causes water reabs ...
... 16, Renin causes the production of this 60. Neurogenic shock results from rapid loss of ___ vasoconstrictor from plasma proteins. tone that causes vasodilation which severely 17. The external ____ arteries lead to the femoral decreases blood pressure. artery. 18. Also know as ADH, causes water reabs ...