Ventricular hypertrophy

I was always chosen last for every sport unit we had in gym class. When it came the time to choose me they would even argue about whose team I was on. It always made me think that I couldn’t do anything that required physical work. Overtime it got to me because they would never pass the ball to me even though nobody would be guarding me. This made me believe that all people should be treated equally, no matter their differences. I know what it is like to be made fun of because I always had trouble

expect the health care provider to initially order for S.D.’s atrial fibrillation? - The goals of treatment include a decrease in ventricular response (to less than 100 beats/minute), prevention of stroke, and conversion to normal sinus rhythm, if possible. To accomplish this, I would expect the health care provider to initially order drugs to control the ventricular rate, such as calcium channel blockers, beta-adrenergic blockers, digoxin, and dronedarone. For some patients, pharmacologic or electrical

the heart rate to speed up over 150 and can cause the patient to have pain in their chest, feeling lightheaded and fatigued, and have shortness of breath. At the same time, C.R.’s nurse walked into the room and the patient’s rhythm converted into ventricular tachycardia (VT). At the time the patient converted to VT, he became

The Electrocardiograph Modern day cardiology traces its roots from the complex study of the heart’s electrical impulses. This was made possible through the electrocardiograph or the EKG, a device created to capture and record the heart’s bioelectrical activity. Developed in the early 20th century, this apparatus became one of the most influential technologies in clinical medicine and an invaluable tool for many physicians. John Burnett of the London Science Museum, considered the electrocardiograph

Jill Nachtigal Composition I Professor Jurrens April 20, 2017 Fighting Battles Sometimes you have to fight a battle you don’t want to fight. This happened to my uncle, who had to fight the battle of ependymoma, a type of brain cancer. Many people haven’t heard of this type of brain cancer. Before my uncle was diagnosed with it, I didn’t either. I never thought that my uncle would ever get brain cancer, but it happened. I learned a lot about this and I have

Artificial Heart Devices In its never ending pursuit of advancement, science has reached a crucial biotechnological plateau, the creation of artificial organs. Such a concept may seem easy to comprehend until one considers the vast knowledge required to provide a functional substitute for one of nature's creations. One then realizes the true immensity of this breakthrough. Since ancient times, humans have viewed the heart as more than just a physical part of the body. It has been thought the seat

approaches involve heart transplants or receiving a ventricular assist device (Mancini & Colombo, 2015). There are much discussion in regardless to receiving a heart transplant versus a ventricular assist device, destination therapy, as well as future advances in ventricular assist devices. Heart Transplant versus LVAD There are many considerations when it comes to determining whether an individual should receive a heart transplant or a ventricular assist device. For instance, there are different

Atrial Septal Defect Atrial septal defect is a hole in the wall, or septum, that divides the upper chambers of the heart, which are called atria. Usually most children who develop ASP are fine because the hole either repairs itself or is too small to cause any trouble later on in life. If the septum is flawed, oxygen deficient blood can flow directly from the right side of the heart and combine with oxygen-rich blood in the left side of the heart, or vice versa. Therefore oxygen levels in the arterial

classify the beats to one of the four classes as recommended by ANSI/AAMI EC57:1998 standard. The beats are normal, ventricular, supraventricular and fusion. The data obtained from MIT-BIH database. Six hundred beats have chosen from each class. The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and predictivity for supraventricular beats are 96%, 90.8%, 97.7% and 92.8% respectively. For ventricular beats they are 97%, 92.8%, 98.3% and 95.1%. For normal beats they are 98%, 96.7%, 98.6% and 95.9%. For fusion beats

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