22. Provide the CPT code(s) for the following scenario‚ left heart catheterization with coronary angiography and left ventriculogram. PROCEDURE: The right groin was prepped and draped in the usual fashion. Seldinger technique was used‚ and a 6-French sheath was placed in the right femoral artery. A local anesthetic was used and sublingual nitroglycerin was given; no heparin was used. The left and right coronary arteries were selectively opacified in the LAO and RAO projections using manual injections
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Healthy eating is not about strict nutrition philosophies‚ staying unrealistically thin‚ or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather‚ it’s about feeling great‚ having more energy‚ stabilizing your mood‚ and keeping yourself as healthy as possible—all of which can be achieved by learning some nutrition basics and using them in a way that works for you. You can expand your range of healthy food choices and learn how to plan ahead to create and maintain a tasty‚ healthy diet.Eating a diet high
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Mar. 12‚ 2013 I. Introduction The journal article that will be reviewed in this paper is “The Efficacy of Intensive Dietary Therapy Alone or Combined with Lovastatin in Outpatients with Hypercholesterolemia”. This article tackles the difference in terms of efficacy between the intensive diet therapy alone compared to the diet therapy with the presence of Lovastatin. Lovastatin is a lipid-lowering agent that was studied extensively and widely prescribed in USA. There are two treatments conducted
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Mr. O = 63-year old male patient with Hypertension Eric = 13-year old middle school honors student with Diabetes Hello Mr. O‚ I am Ashley‚ the Nurse Educator and I am here to explain your recent diagnoses‚ Hypertension to you. Hypertension means to have high blood pressure. A considerably healthy blood pressure would be between 110/70 to 120/80. A blood pressure 140/90 and above is considered a high blood pressure which causes hypertension. High blood pressure is when the force of blood pushing
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1.) Hematuria – blood in urine‚ my child has had blood in her urine for the past 3 weeks so she is being referred to a Nephrologist. pg 227 “The Language of Medicine” 10th edition 2.) Impetigo – Bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles‚ pustules‚ and crusted-over lesions. My daughter had impetigo on her left upper check from a mosquito bite‚ it has now happened twice in her life. It is usually caused by staphylococci or streptococci. Pg 667 “The Language of Medicine” 10th edition
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Objectives: Pentraxin3 is a novel biomarker produced by vascular endothelial cells and macrophages. In recent studies involving adults‚ Pentraxin 3 has been introduced as a reliable biomarker in the evaluation of cardiovascular disease and pulmonary hypertension. This study was conducted with an aim to measure the level of Pentraxin 3 in neonates with pulmonary hypertension and comparing with normal healthy controls. Design and Methods: In a case-control study‚ plasma Pentraxin 3 levels were evaluated
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Home Health Care and Reducing Stroke Risks The primary risk for stroke is high blood pressure. Secondary risks include age and gender. While age and gender cannot be controlled‚ high blood pressure can. According to the American Stroke Association‚ "the chance of having a stroke approximately doubles for each decade of life after age 55...Each year‚ women have more strokes than men‚ and stroke kills more women than men. Use of birth control pills‚ pregnancy‚ history of preeclampsia/eclampsia or
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When Should You See a Cardiologist? One of the most frequent questions you must have encountered is‚ "Does your heart need a cardiologist?" Sometimes‚ the need to find a heart doctor (cardiologist) is clear. For example‚ if you have had a heart attack‚ stroke‚ or other cardiac event‚ you will definitely need a cardiologist’s care. But do you think you need to see a Cardiologist when you feel unwell or rather put it off? Or should you wait for your annual health check up to ask questions about any
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It is believed that‚ in the majority of patients who have involved prolonged ischemia‚ significantly reperfusion cause necrosis and increase infarct size‚ therefore therapeutic interventions is vital [101]. Adenosine A2 beta receptor agonists [102‚103]‚ sodium calcium exchanger blockers [104‚105] and cyclosporine A [106‚ 107] at the ischemia reperfusion injury‚ two defined pathways cause necrosis. The first one is sarcolemma damage and hypercontraction at the time of reperfusion and the second
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