Patient with cardiopulmonary insufficiency receives 72 hours of daily management of veno-venous extracorporeal life support (ECLS) provided by his physician. Which CPT code(s) are assigned?

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Q: Why is it necessary for cells of the cardiac atria and ventricles to contract in a coordinated…

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Q: What compensatory measures does the body employ in an attempt to restore cardiac output?

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Q: Define erythropoietin.

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Q: Name two functions of arterioles.

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Q: In the intrinsic regulation of blood flow, which of the following is the response expected in tissue…

A: Autoregulation is a manifestation of local blood flow regulation.

Q: What do you mean by double circulation? Represent it diagramatically.

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Q: Define the terms contractility, preload, and afterload, and explain how these factors affect the…

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Q: Describe why a doctor would give a patient that is diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction the…

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Q: In the initial stages of ventricular fibrillation (during which the heart produces no functional…

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Q: Contrast the significance and mechanisms of local and systemic neural control of cerebral blood…

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Q: Explain why part of the myocardium is nonfunctionalfollowing myocardial infarction.

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Q: Considering the function of the heart, why is it important that the myocardium cannot be tetanized?

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Q: Describe the components of the left atrioventricular valve.

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Q: Can you please explain in detail :  is the ventricular afterload a determinant of cardiac…

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Q: Describe why a wide pulse pressure would be logical to give a patient with the condition aortic…

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Q: Explain the design, function and disadvantag xygenators used in the cardiopulmonary bypass.

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Q: Why is afterload important to cardiac function?

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Q: Name three mechanisms that can increase cardiacoutput.

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Q: Explain the design, function and disadvantage of the three types of oxygenators used in the…

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Q: Explain the cardiac conduction cycle as shown on an EKG

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Q: Give two reasons why the Purkinje fibres are faintly stained compared with ordinary cardiomyocytes

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Q: Atrial fibrillation can be caused by wandering re-entrant circuits.  What does this mean?

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Q: Why is atrial repolarization not observed in the ECG?

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Q: function and disadvantage of the three types of oxygenators

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Q: Define and why vasodilator drugs are of limited value in arterial disease?

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Q: 49 A 62-year-old man with unstable angina pectoris undergoes coronary catheterization followed by…

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Q: how the two types of pumps used in the cardiopulmonary bypass work

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Q: Name the property of WBCs to squeeze through the walls of capillaries.

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