A myocardia infraction occurs from myocardial ischemia‚ there is a demise in blood supply to the heart that causes the heart to work faster causing cell damage or death. The treatment goal for a patient that has suffered a myocardia infraction is to restore blood flow to the heart for maximum salvage of functional myocardium. A treatment option for Mr. Garza is the use of Antiplatelet Agents‚ using aspirin immediately has shown to lower mortality rates from myocardia infraction. “Aspirin irreversibly
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Right sided heart failure happens when the right side of the heart is unable to pump an adequate amount of blood to the lungs and out of the right side of the heart. This either happens because the hearts muscles are unable to fully contract or they are inflamed not allowing an adequate amount of blood to enter them. This leads to a backup in venous blood. The venous blood puts pressure on the walls of the blood vessels (especially in the legs). This causes blood plasma to leak into the interstitial
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Reflective Notes This case represented one of my first patient encounters‚ and I learned how important the interview is related to the process of an examination. The past medical‚ personal and family history can help clinicians process the pertinent information that builds a strong review of systems. For example‚ the patient disclosed that he had been in a motorcycle collision that was associated with alcohol fifteen years ago. He also disclosed that his father suffered from an alcohol addiction
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Premature Atrial Contraction A premature atrial contraction (PAC) is a kind of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). It happens when the heart beats too early and then pauses before beating again. PACs are also called skipped heartbeats because they may make you feel like your heart is stopping for a second. CAUSES Your heart has four chambers. Normally electrical signals spread across your heart and make all the chambers beat together. During a PAC‚ the upper chambers of the heart (atria) beat too
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A congenital heart defect (CHD) is an abnormality in the structure or function of the heart. This can include circumstances that affect the walls of the organ‚ blood vessels that transport blood to and from it‚ and the valves that regulate blood flow. Some CHDs are minor‚ and cause no noticeable symptoms. Others are severe‚ and can place the patient’s life at risk. Symptoms vary according to the type of defect suffered‚ as well as its severity. In this article‚ we’ll explore a few of the most common
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Introduction Endocarditis is an infection of the inner layer of the heart (endocardium) or an infection of the heart valves. Endocarditis can cause growths inside the heart or on the heart valves. Over time these growths can destroy heart tissue and cause heart failure or problems with heart rhythm. They can also cause stroke if they break away and form a blood clot in the brain. Early treatment offers the best chance for curing endocarditis and preventing complications. What are the causes? This
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The benefits of hydroxyurea therapy in sickle cell anemia are extensive and well established‚ and were first demonstrated by the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia‚ a double blind‚ placebo controlled trial in 299 adults with sickle cell anemia. The clinical trial‚ which lasted for 21 months‚ showed that patients with sickle cell anemia treated with hydroxyurea had dramatically fewer painful episodes than those who received placebos. Firstly‚ among the 299 adults studied at 21
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Hypertension (HTN) is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and account the single most important risk factors for stroke‚ affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide and is considered as one of the top global risk factor for mortality (Kearney et al 2005). The incidence of HTN rises with increasing age; indeed‚ the greater of elderly people have high blood pressure (BP) (Franklin 2006). Suggesting that an individual with normal BP older than 50 years of age‚ the probability during the next
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The cardiac electrical activity is produced and controlled by the Sinoatrial (SA) node in the right atrium and the Atrioventricular (AV) node in the interatrial septum. The electrical signals move through the cardiac conduction system fibres causing the atria and ventricles to contract and relax regularly between 60-100 bpm [1].when those electrical signals are interrupted as a result of a damage in the conduction system‚ the heart rate would become irregular or would either increase resulting in
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The “Beats for life” study provides an individual with results that the environment one surrounds themselves in has a significant impact to his or her heart rate. The neutral environment gave the participants no stimuli. This caused the heart rate slightly increase or decrease by less than 1.00 bpm. It is also possible that the heart rate of the participants had no change. The stressful environment presented multiple stressful and discomforting stimuli. These stimulates caused the heart rate
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