TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION • The most common type of benign primary cardiac tumor, which can cause valvular or inflow-outflow tract obstruction and thromboembolism; symptoms appear when the tumor fragments and causes systemic emboli or when it interferes with cardiac valvular function and causes pulmonary congestion 1 • Most atrial myxomas arise from the atrial septum, but some originate in the posterior wall, anterior wall or the appendages 1 CLASSIFICATION • By location 3, 1, 2 ○ Left
bicuspid valve, and advanced age ( Patel, Green et al 2014). According to the article, men are at a higher risk for valvular disease than women, however, advanced age is the most significant risk factor for attaining this disease. When patients become symptomatic, the treatments of valvular stenosis become necessary in order to increase the quantity of blood needed for systemic circulation, thus prolonging quality of life. Valvular stenosis is the hardening of the valves in the heart: mitral, tricuspid
when she had bronchitis, which she consistently has 2-3 times a year. She said that her symptoms have been getting worse the last 2.5 month, but have severely worsen over the past three days. She states that it has been restricting her daily activities and has been troubling her while sleeping lying down. She states that her symptoms improve alittle when she takes her medications. She also states that her symptoms worsen when she tries to walk across the room
as a class IIa recommendation. Mitral valve repair may be considered in patients with rheumatic mitral valve disease when surgical treatment is indicated if a durable and successful repair is likely or when the reliability of long-term anticoagulation management is questionable. Mitral valve surgery may be considered in symptomatic patients with chronic severe primary MR and LVEF less than or equal to 30% (stage D).However, MVR should not be performed for the treatment of isolated severe primary MR
congenital heart defects have been diagnosed during the first week of life with symptoms in infants such as failure to thrive, failure to grow, feeding intolerance, hypoxia, signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure. The objectives of this paper are to present overviews of the congenital heart defects and outline the surgical treatments for the congenital heart defects. Keywords: congenital heart defects, surgical treatments The heart is a muscular four-chambered organ whose
think that the aortic valve system will swell up and will limit the blood flow through the aortic valve. I think that aortic valve stenosis occurs in aging due to the wear and
The transcatheter aortic valve replacement or implantation is abbreviated as TAVR, TAVI or THV (transcatheter heart valve). The device replaces any malfunctioning or diseased valves that maybe causing regurgitation, causing leakage of blood backwards, into the heart. The heart has four valves, which work very much like doors. The blood flows through the valves in this order, the Tricuspid, Pulmonary, Bicuspid/Mitral and Aortic. TAVR was manufactured by Edwards Life Sciences in California. (www.asme
increased demands when needed. It must provide a flexible response by the myocardial contractile cells so when the animal needs additional cardiac output during exercise and stress, the cells of the heart can provide a higher heart rate output. The valves on the heart are crucial and must be maintained for blood flow
Cardiopulmonary Disease Cardiopulmonary Disease is one of the leading causes of death for both men and women of all ages in the US. Cardiopulmonary Disease is a disease that many people have, and half of those people that have the disease are unaware of it. Cardiopulmonary Disease involves both the heart and lungs (McMahon, 2014). Cardiopulmonary Disease can involve inflammation which shuts down the airways and narrows the coronary arteries, along with infections and ongoing diseases. One example
ABSTRACT Aortic stenosis—aortic valve stenosis— is caused by a narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve which leads to obstruction of the outflow of the left ventricle. Aortic stenosis is uncommon in patients under the age of 50. The most common cause in adults within industrialized countries is due to aortic valve calcification. Compared to any other cardiac diseases stenosis of the aortic valve is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Some of the more uncommon causes of this deadly disease