Blood circulation

disease, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is a very frightening disease amongst children. It affects people by causing inflammation in the arteries throughout the body, including the coronary arteries, which supplies the muscles with blood. This disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease among first world countries (Gordon, Kahn,

Cerebral air embolism following pigtail catheter insertion Abstract: Pleural pigtail catheter placement associated with many complications including pneumothorax, hemorrhage, and chest pain. Air embolism can rarely be a complication of pigtail catheter insertion and has a high risk of occurrence with positive pressure ventilation (PPV). Cerebral air embolism is a very rare complication but lethal. We report a case of patient of cerebral air embolism as a complication of placement of pigtail pleural

extremely rare. Most people who are diagnosed with ALCAPA usually are babies because they are significantly sick and their hearts are barely breathing. Anyone to live over a year with ALCAPA have 90% chance of dying because your heart basically pumps blood backwards. With ALCAPA, your body can not oxygenate the body efficiently as it should. It amazes me that I lived 15 years with this heart defect and never even had symptoms until a few months ago. Dr. Smith said they would have to perform open-heart

(CABG) is a surgery that is done when arteries of the heart have become narrow or blocked. This is usually caused by the buildup of fat called plaques. These arteries give the heart the oxygen and nutrients it needs to pump blood to your body. During CABG, a section of blood vessel from another part of the body is taken. This section is called a graft. The graft is placed where there is narrowing or blocking. What happens before the procedure? Staying hydrated Follow instructions from your doctor

The blood is the essence of life, and is responsible for carrying oxygen and nutrients to various parts of the body, where they are needed. It also carries toxins away to where it can be broken down. Therefore, blood circulation is an important functionof the body. Poor blood flow has been found to be the cause of several ailments, among which is stroke. Severe headache, dizziness, loss of memory and mental focus have also been attributed to poor blood circulation. Poor blood circulation is also

SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION: Atherosclerosis Cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels and the blood inside them. It’s responsible for transporting oxygen, nutrition and waste products throughout the body. The heart is the circulatory pump that transports blood to the entire body. Cardiovascular system has two circulations: systemic and the pulmonary circulations. Pulmonary circulation is the flow of blood between the heart and lungs. Pulmonary circulation starts when the deoxygenated

The heart, blood and blood vessels make up the basis of the cardiovascular system also known as the circulatory system. The average human body contains approximately 5 litres of blood which is carried around the body via a network of blood vessels split into three types; arteries, veins and capillaries. The arteries are the largest of the three vessels and carry blood away from the heart. Veins carry blood to the heart and are smaller than arteries, then finally the smallest vessels known as capillaries

We have learned that the heart is a complex muscle that pumps blood throughout the body for the purposes of tissue oxygenation and gas exchange (waste removal). We must now discuss the four separate chambers of the heart through which this blood flows through. To start, the two upper, or superior chambers are known as the atria, and the two lower, or inferior chambers are known as the ventricles. These four chambers can further be separated into left and right half’s. Each half contains a superior

by the blood through the arteries, capillaries, and veins and back to the heart. In humans and the higher vertebrates, the heart is made up of four chambers the right and left auricles, or atria, and the right and left ventricles. The right side of the heart pumps oxygen-poor blood from the cells of the body back to the lungs for new oxygen; the left side of the heart receives blood rich in oxygen from the lungs and pumps it through the arteries to the various parts of the body. Circulation begins

great blood vessels of the body: the aorta, vena cava, pulmonary trunk, and pulmonary veins. Circulatory Loops There are 2 primary circulatory loops in the human body: the pulmonary circulation loop and the systemic circulation loop. Pulmonary circulation transports deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs, where the blood picks up oxygen and returns to the left side of the