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    Ghanshyam Patel, EMPL ID: 23591518 CHSS Research Paper Instructor: Dr. Christian Grov SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH Author: Ghanshyam Patel MBBS, MPH EMPL Id: 23591518, Ghanshyam.patel18@sphmail.cuny.edu FROM, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA Abstract: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is major public health problem. SCD continues to be one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, with an annual incidence estimated at 250000 to

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    Ghanshyam Patel, EMPL ID: 23591518 CHSS Research Paper SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH Author: Ghanshyam Patel MBBS, MPH EMPL Id: 23591518, Ghanshyam.patel18@sphmail.cuny.edu FROM, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA Abstract: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is major public health problem. SCD continues to be one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, with an annual incidence estimated at 250000 to 300000 in the United States and

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    Cardiac muscle tissue is a specialised muscle tissue that is only found in the heart. It is an involuntary muscle as it doesn’t response to the needs of your body, even though it’s controlled by the brain. In contrast, to the skeletal muscle which is a voluntary muscle as the brain controls the movement but you are aware of the movements. The main function of the cardiac muscle is to pump blood around the body and essentially keep us alive. Whereas, the skeletal muscle has many basic functions such

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    Summary This report is about an incidental finding during slaughter inspection of the heart in a heifer from a feedlot. The lesion, studied by histopathology and immunohistochemistry, resulted composed by several types of heart tissues, all of them immature, disordered and, out of proportion. The most conspicuous was a disperse population of large, vacuolated and PAS positive cells, forming islands, enmeshed in excessive fibrous connective tissue. These cells were identified as abnormal Purkinje

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    The heart is the most important cardiac muscle in the body. The heart is located right under the rib cage, right between your lungs and to the left of the breast bone. The heart is made up of four chambers, there are two upper chambers called atria, and two lower chambers called ventricles. The right side of your heart receives oxygen poor blood and the left side of your heart receives oxygen rich blood. Your blood flows through your heart and lungs in four different stages, each stage is beneficial

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    Caring for the Client with Post-Cardiac Trauma Syndrome Post-cardiac trauma syndrome has gone by many names over the past sixty years including: postpericardiotomy syndrome, post-traumatic pericarditis, post-myocardial infarction syndrome, and Dressler’s syndrome. The first case was described by Dressler after a myocardial infarction in 1956. This syndrome can occur after any type of injury to the pericardium and results in cardiac injury that can lead to further complications. It is important

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    This table shows the similarities and differences between the cardiac and skeletal muscle. One of the main similarities is the fact both muscles are categorized as striated muscles. Striations are the main key to identifying the skeletal and cardiac muscle. The striated muscles are attached to the bone of the cells in which they produce all the movement in the body. Another similarity is that they can be electrically conducted because they both contain t-tubules. The t-tubules are the plasma membrane

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    All patients’ post-cardiac arrest has risks associated ICU level of care such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pneumonia, debilitation, PE, depression, and so on. Post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) is a unique condition that is associated with CA. It is an umbellar term for the major complications for complications that are directly associated with CA, which include brain injury, cardiac dysfunction, and systemic inflammatory response (SIRS). Ischemia related injuries are the pathogenesis

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    Sudden cardiac arrest What is cardiac arrest? Sudden Cardiac arrest is when the heart's electrical system starts malfunctioning and beats in a useless rhythm causing the victim to become unconscious and to stop breathing almost immediately. Sudden Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing around 325,000 people a year. It is also estimated that around 95 percent of victims die before being able to receive help. Signs / symptoms The symptoms of cardiac arrest are

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    Effects of Different Stresses on Frog Cardiac Muscle Brett Cashion Laboratory Partners: Michael Comisac, Haylee Kaushaar, Jessica Self, and Kaitlyn Strosnider April 22, 2015 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences California University of PA BIO 318, Human Physiology Introduction: The heart is made up of cardiac muscles that are striated, involuntary, and contains intercalated disks which consist of gap junctions that send electrical signals to the heart. In order for

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