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... This kind of rhythm is present in up to 5% of adult population, mostly in older age. It is often connected with other diseases of the heart (ischaemic haert disease, heart failure. Atrial fibrillation is important because it can lead to: ...
... This kind of rhythm is present in up to 5% of adult population, mostly in older age. It is often connected with other diseases of the heart (ischaemic haert disease, heart failure. Atrial fibrillation is important because it can lead to: ...
Supraventricular tachycardia in a neonate with respiratory syncytial
... who presented with respiratory findings due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. A previously well 12-day-old male infant was admitted with a two-days history of increasing respiratory effort. He was delivered at term with a birth weight of 3600 gram after an uneventful pregnancy with goo ...
... who presented with respiratory findings due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. A previously well 12-day-old male infant was admitted with a two-days history of increasing respiratory effort. He was delivered at term with a birth weight of 3600 gram after an uneventful pregnancy with goo ...
Appendix _: Glossary
... symptoms, with no prior warning. Usually caused by ventricular fibrillation. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) - A tachycardia originating from above the ventricles. Syncope – Fainting, loss of consciousness, or dizziness which may be due to a transient disturbance of cardiac rhythm (arrhythmia) or ...
... symptoms, with no prior warning. Usually caused by ventricular fibrillation. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) - A tachycardia originating from above the ventricles. Syncope – Fainting, loss of consciousness, or dizziness which may be due to a transient disturbance of cardiac rhythm (arrhythmia) or ...
Glossary of Cardiology Terms
... symptoms, with no prior warning. Usually caused by ventricular fibrillation. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) - A tachycardia originating from above the ventricles. Syncope – Fainting, loss of consciousness, or dizziness which may be due to a transient disturbance of cardiac rhythm (arrhythmia) or ...
... symptoms, with no prior warning. Usually caused by ventricular fibrillation. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) - A tachycardia originating from above the ventricles. Syncope – Fainting, loss of consciousness, or dizziness which may be due to a transient disturbance of cardiac rhythm (arrhythmia) or ...
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... Electrode: Also known as a sensor. Used to conduct electricity from the body to the electrocardiograph. Electrolyte: Substances that conduct electricity whose components are important in maintaining fluid and acid-base balance. Galvanometer: Mechanism in the electrocardiograph that changes the volta ...
... Electrode: Also known as a sensor. Used to conduct electricity from the body to the electrocardiograph. Electrolyte: Substances that conduct electricity whose components are important in maintaining fluid and acid-base balance. Galvanometer: Mechanism in the electrocardiograph that changes the volta ...
Sudden Cardiac Death
... Previous heart attack with a large area of the heart damaged (75% of SCD cases are linked to a previous heart attack). A person's risk of SCD is higher during the first 6 months after a heart attack. Coronary artery disease (80% of SCD cases are linked with this disease). Risk factors for coronary a ...
... Previous heart attack with a large area of the heart damaged (75% of SCD cases are linked to a previous heart attack). A person's risk of SCD is higher during the first 6 months after a heart attack. Coronary artery disease (80% of SCD cases are linked with this disease). Risk factors for coronary a ...
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
... Types of Biphasic Defibrillator: 1. Manual (which we are using). 2. Shock Advisor (for non-expert people),with big electrodes they can read the rhythm then talk or write the order to be done. 3. Automated External (you just connect it to the patient & it will work & calculate the electric wave by it ...
... Types of Biphasic Defibrillator: 1. Manual (which we are using). 2. Shock Advisor (for non-expert people),with big electrodes they can read the rhythm then talk or write the order to be done. 3. Automated External (you just connect it to the patient & it will work & calculate the electric wave by it ...
Cardiac electrical activity
... discharge rate that is more rapid than that of the sinus node Example: the A-V node or in the Purkinje fibers ...
... discharge rate that is more rapid than that of the sinus node Example: the A-V node or in the Purkinje fibers ...
L2-Cardiac electrical activity
... discharge rate that is more rapid than that of the sinus node Example: the A-V node or in the Purkinje fibers ...
... discharge rate that is more rapid than that of the sinus node Example: the A-V node or in the Purkinje fibers ...
Arryhythmias post-TOF repair surgical repair
... Anti-arrhythmic drugs – Procainamide – Amiodarone – Esmolol ...
... Anti-arrhythmic drugs – Procainamide – Amiodarone – Esmolol ...
3d electroanatomic mapping system
... testing, which involves the placement of catheters with electrodes at the tip, inside the heart chambers to record electric signals, is performed to help diagnose arrhythmias. Once a diagnosis is made, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), applying heat to the origin of arrhythmias, has provided useful as ...
... testing, which involves the placement of catheters with electrodes at the tip, inside the heart chambers to record electric signals, is performed to help diagnose arrhythmias. Once a diagnosis is made, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), applying heat to the origin of arrhythmias, has provided useful as ...
Circulatory System Conditions
... Stroke – sudden death of brain cells due to a lack of flow of oxygen • Causes – – Clotting or bursting of an artery or chamber of the heart. ...
... Stroke – sudden death of brain cells due to a lack of flow of oxygen • Causes – – Clotting or bursting of an artery or chamber of the heart. ...
Bio202studentlecturenotesHeartlll
... -in stress – S dominant – increase HR and also increases ________________________ so have an increased CO. The two hormones _______________________ and _____________________ released from the _______________ gland are also part of the sympathetic effect and has similar effects. Other effects on HR: ...
... -in stress – S dominant – increase HR and also increases ________________________ so have an increased CO. The two hormones _______________________ and _____________________ released from the _______________ gland are also part of the sympathetic effect and has similar effects. Other effects on HR: ...
How to deal with heart attacks
... travels across the heart causing the heart to quiver (ventricular fibrillation). All heart attacks are different and some or all of the symptoms may be present; indeed it is possible that the heart attack may actually go un-noticed. Signs and symptoms • Vice-like pain across the chest • Pain can rad ...
... travels across the heart causing the heart to quiver (ventricular fibrillation). All heart attacks are different and some or all of the symptoms may be present; indeed it is possible that the heart attack may actually go un-noticed. Signs and symptoms • Vice-like pain across the chest • Pain can rad ...
Cardiovascular System 1 - University of Manitoba
... 2 Disease that often causes mitral valve stenosis (2 wds) 3 Stroke volume X ________ = cadriac output (2 wds) 4 Valve permitting flow from left ventricle 6 Process that insures constant blood flow to brain 7 Veins emptying into right atrium 9 Reduced BP 13 Drug that blocks parasympathetic nerve impu ...
... 2 Disease that often causes mitral valve stenosis (2 wds) 3 Stroke volume X ________ = cadriac output (2 wds) 4 Valve permitting flow from left ventricle 6 Process that insures constant blood flow to brain 7 Veins emptying into right atrium 9 Reduced BP 13 Drug that blocks parasympathetic nerve impu ...
Heart/Cardiovascular
... The cardiac cycle involves all events associated with blood flow through the heart during one complete heartbeat Ventricular filling: Mid-Late Diastole ◦ EDV (end diastole volume) ...
... The cardiac cycle involves all events associated with blood flow through the heart during one complete heartbeat Ventricular filling: Mid-Late Diastole ◦ EDV (end diastole volume) ...
Slide 1 - AccessCardiology
... Left. Wide physiologic splitting of the second heart sound (S2) is seen in a patient with complete right bundle-branch block (RBBB). Audible expiratory splitting, which widens normally with inspiration, is present. Note also the wide splitting of the first heart sound into its mitral (M1) and tricus ...
... Left. Wide physiologic splitting of the second heart sound (S2) is seen in a patient with complete right bundle-branch block (RBBB). Audible expiratory splitting, which widens normally with inspiration, is present. Note also the wide splitting of the first heart sound into its mitral (M1) and tricus ...
Canine and Feline Electrocardiography
... required for an impulse to pass from the SA node to the AV node • The normal P wave on lead II is small, positive and rounded. • It is measured from the upper edge of the baseline to the top of the P wave • The width of the P wave is measured at its inside, from the start to the end of the deflectio ...
... required for an impulse to pass from the SA node to the AV node • The normal P wave on lead II is small, positive and rounded. • It is measured from the upper edge of the baseline to the top of the P wave • The width of the P wave is measured at its inside, from the start to the end of the deflectio ...
Cover - Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
... in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology can be obtained via RightsLink, a service of the Copyright Clearance Center, not the Editorial Office. Once the online version of the published article for which permission is being requested is located, click Request Permissions in the middle column ...
... in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology can be obtained via RightsLink, a service of the Copyright Clearance Center, not the Editorial Office. Once the online version of the published article for which permission is being requested is located, click Request Permissions in the middle column ...
The Heart
... Atrioventricular bundle (Bundle of His) Left and right bundle branches Purkinje fibers Modification by the ANS and hormones ...
... Atrioventricular bundle (Bundle of His) Left and right bundle branches Purkinje fibers Modification by the ANS and hormones ...
Science CPW Week #22 – Grade 10 Passage I The heart is an
... Science CPW Week #22 – Grade 10 Passage I The heart is an organ that pumps blood throughout the circulatory system in the body. Red blood cells are a tissue in the body that carry nutrients to the body’s cells and waste away from the body’s cells. The heart rate increases or decreases depending on t ...
... Science CPW Week #22 – Grade 10 Passage I The heart is an organ that pumps blood throughout the circulatory system in the body. Red blood cells are a tissue in the body that carry nutrients to the body’s cells and waste away from the body’s cells. The heart rate increases or decreases depending on t ...
Training Effects
... This is where the heart gets bigger and stronger as there is an increase of ventricle size which allows them to fill with more blood during the diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle. This will result in bradycardia (decrease in resting heart rate) and an increase in stroke volume). Maximum Cardiac ...
... This is where the heart gets bigger and stronger as there is an increase of ventricle size which allows them to fill with more blood during the diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle. This will result in bradycardia (decrease in resting heart rate) and an increase in stroke volume). Maximum Cardiac ...
Chapter 5 Exercise – Cardiovascular system Medical Terminology 1
... Hx: Patient reports no heart problems prior to this episode. He has taken medication for high blood pressure for the past 5 years. Both a father and brother died in their 50s from death of heart muscle. Signs&Symptoms: Patient reports severe pain around the heart that radiates into left jaw and ar ...
... Hx: Patient reports no heart problems prior to this episode. He has taken medication for high blood pressure for the past 5 years. Both a father and brother died in their 50s from death of heart muscle. Signs&Symptoms: Patient reports severe pain around the heart that radiates into left jaw and ar ...