Cardiology : The Essence Of Life

The heart is what keeps the human body running. From the very first time someone presses their head up against their mothers chest or feels their own heart beat, they know that the pulse they feel means something important. It’s the rhythm that lets us keep on living. It’s strange to think that before I read this book, I barely knew anything about this absolutely vital organ in my body. Now, I probably know more history about the human heart than I ever thought I’d know. This book went totally in depth about the history of the human heart, and how modern medicine knows what it knows about this vital organ. It weaves history and information about the heart together in a way that keeps you interested until the last page, which is something I

In this experiment, the external and internal structures of a sheep’s heart was examined and identified by dissection. To determine the functionality of a human heart since they are both mammals.

William Harvey published the book called “An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals” which was officially published a fair time after the other two’s books. He proved that the heart acts as a pump by recirculating the blood, and showed that the blood flows around the body and is carried away by the arteries and is carried back into the heart by the veins. This had a limited impact because likewise to Vesalius, it did not make anyone healthier at the time, and it made more of a long term impact on medicine. He had not found a way to practically cure people because he had just made a book to further people’s knowledge on how the body works. Although his book is very useful for us nowadays, at the time people would not know how to approach it, and really wouldn’t make much of an impact on the people’s health.

R E V I E W S H E E T 30 Anatomy of the Heart

I was born on February 14, 1993 in the city of La Vega, Dominican Republic. I came to New York at the age of 10. The fact that my first language is Spanish placed me at a disadvantage from the minute I stepped a foot in the United States since even at the airport I was not able to communicate with the agent. My biggest struggle was school since the class was taught in English only and most of my classmates only spoke English. Despite my efforts to give it my all to learn the language and adapt to the customs of this unfamiliar place, it seemed to be a challenge I would never overcome. Since my parents and close family members mostly spoke Spanish as well, they could not help me, they only encouraged me to study and read a lot so that I would learn the language faster. I wanted to fit in with kids of my age and to understand when

As a result of Dr. Blacklock and Vivian Thomas’ research and breakthrough human heart surgery became possible. The two worked closely together and had major contributions to the heart surgery. However, Vivian Thomas’ contributions to the research went unnoticed for more than three decades. Vivian Thomas faced many inequalities, which he approached with a respectable manner. Many of the inequalities faced were because of the changing attitudes about race throughout the 20th century. In today’s world the recognition going to Vivian Thomas and Dr. Blacklock would’ve played out differently and would’ve accredited Vivian Thomas for his work.

For years now, I’ve had dreams of going to medical school and becoming a surgeon. I don’t know what kind of surgeon I would want to be, but cardiothoracic is up there. In my eighth-grade science class we dissected pig’s hearts and a kid’s dad, a heart surgeon, helped. He told me I had the hands of a surgeon, which I thought was incredible considering my aspirations. Not only did this article interest me because I have general knowledge on the workings of a heart, but also because it shows the process of cleaning up mistakes in a medical

So what actually inspired me pursue an internship in cardiology, due to the fact that last semester, during my internship in the Emergency Department in Memorial Hermann, I saw many cases dealing with chest pain and heart disease. Due to my extensive exposure to heart patients and my research on chest pain, I started to grow an interest for cardiology. My former mentor Dr. Kutsen referred me to his colleague, Dr. Pillai to continue my internship in the field of cardiology. I choose cardiac catheterization as the topic of my study in this internship because it tends to be one of the most accurate and effective procedure performed by Interventional Cardiologists. It can aid in earlier detection and treatment of coronary artery disease which is essentially the number one killer in the United States.

Almost 80% of people die from heart disease. The only way to know your level of risk is to be assessed by a healthcare professional and to be checked for factors such as your blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels, waist measurement and BMI. Once you know your overall risk, agree with your healthcare professional on a plan for specific actions you should take to reduce your risk for heart disease and stroke. The Circulatory System is made up of three main parts: The heart, the blood vessels and the blood. Sometimes the watery fluid called lymph and the vessels that carry it are considered to be part of the Circulatory System. The heart is a special pump that pumps the blood around the body. The purpose of this paper was to summarize information about the heart, explain how it works, and discuss its purpose. It was said that the heart evolves through several different stages inside the womb, first resembling a fish's heart, then a frog's, which has two chambers, than a snake's, with three, before finally adopting the four-chambered structure of the human heart. I also told you how the heart works. When the heart contracts, the chambers become smaller, forcing blood first out of the atria into the ventricles, then from each ventricle into a large blood vessel connected to the top of the heart. Now the purpose of the heart is the size of its owner's clenched fist, the organ sits in the middle of the chest, behind 1the breastbone and between the lungs, in a moistened chamber that is protected all round by the rib cage. It can also be easy to fix the heart. The only way to know your level of risk is to be assessed by a healthcare professional and to be checked for factors such as your blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels, waist measurement and BMI. The heart is very important for your

Harvey was the first scientists to accurately lay out and describe the functions of the human circulatory system. In 1593, at the age of 21 Harvey attended the University of Padua in Italy. His teacher Hieronymus Fabricius and him had become good friends and he had taught Harvey to use the method of dissection to better understand the human body. He had learned about the arteries and veins in the circulatory system and the valves within the veins. Harveys discovery dates back all the way to the thirteenth century when the respiratory system was described by Ibn al-Nafis. Harvey was well interested in the vascular system he decided to write a book containing his work called ‘Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus’ ( Latin for "An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings") or more commonly known as “ De Motu Cordis” which was later published in 1628 in Frankfurt (Famous Scientists). In 1553, a spanish theologian and physician named Michael Servetus believed that the blood would travel from the heart and then into the lungs, where it combines with air and then circulates back to the heart. Harvey realized that the muscle contractions

“[...] 1 in every 100,000 children in the U.S. under the age of 18 is diagnosed with cardiomyopathy” (“Understand Pediatric” 1). This condition affects many children throughout the world. Some cases of cardiomyopathy are fatal, some allow the child to live with restrictions. Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of death and heart transplants in children (“Understand Pediatric” 1). There are many different ways to help diagnose the numerous forms of this disorder, treatments to help stop other problems from occurring, and therapies to help the restrictions some may live with. Various medical fields have been looking into and studying what the leading causes could be for this disorder ("Progress to date" 1). There are many symptoms a child can show for a doctor to see in order for them

The heart is one of the most important organs in an organism’s body, no matter if they are aquatic, amphibian, or a mammal. This super organ works automatically, able to pump massive amounts of oxygen rich blood through the body by means of electrical impulses and the opening and closing of valves within its many layers. It is what keeps us and every other creature on this earth alive; so it is only natural for one to fear when there might be a problem with one’s heart. A cardiac arrhythmia can happen to anyone, no matter the age, race, or gender, and as such, doctors and scientist have spent years trying to better understand the heart and the way it functions so that they can try to prevent these problems and save millions of lives.

William Harvey was a distinguished physician of the seventeenth century. Harvey was educated by some of the great scientists of his time and was highly knowledgeable of the scientist theories preceding his time. Harvey was greatly intrigued by the views of the ancient Aristotle and developed a number of his own ideas based on Aristotle’s theories. It was from Aristotle’s theory of the primacy of blood that allowed Harvey to make breakthroughs about circulation and generation of animals. His advancements greatly enhanced the study of anatomy. Harvey also revolutionized the means by which science was performed through the use of innovative, investigational techniques. William Harvey became a

The hearts role is to pump oxygenated blood to every cell in the body by having a continuous beat. Throughout time the heart has created mystery, however current technology has solved most of the mystery, there still remains an enchantment and eagerness to learn more.

In our world organisms occupy a sliding scale of complexity. On one hand we have the single cell organisms, where all necessary functions for their life are carried out within that one cell. At the other extreme we have extremely complex multicellular organisms, of which humans are perhaps the cardinal member. Obviously, with increased capacity comes increased abilities. Complex organisms are able to manipulate their environment to a greater extent then their simpler cousins. While this has a lot of advantages, it also presents interesting biological problems. With the increased complexity multicellular organisms must have systems to deliver nutrients, signaling molecules, and biochemical building blocks to every cell. In