Ventricular hypertrophy

Living Systems and Cells A heart is a vital organ in a human being, which is situated in the centre of the chest and behind the breastbone. It is a muscular organ that pumps the blood into the human body. It is the approximately the size of a fist. The heart consists of a special muscle called cardiac muscle. Cardiac muscle does not get tired like the muscles in your legs and arms, but instead works continuously by responding to signals to an area of the heart called the pacemaker. (Pearson 2011

Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVADs) has evolved into long-term use as bridge to transplant and as destination therapy for those with severe end-stage heart failure. However, treatment and readmission rates of Heart Failure (HF) and LVAD patients is a serious matter to hospitals because the reduce reimbursement rates that hospitals receiving if these patients are re-admitted within 30 days of their discharge date. Studies have shown that Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) use of evidence base practice

Ventricular Assist Device, Home Care It is important to follow instructions from your health care provider about caring for your ventricular assist device (VAD) at home (destination therapy). You will continue to work with a health care provider who specializes in VADs (VAD coordinator) and a heart specialist (cardiologist). CHECKING THE VAD Check the area around your VAD tube every day or as often as told by your health care provider. Check for the following symptoms: • Redness. • Swelling

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Mine just so happens to be my heart. That sounds awfully sentimental but that’s not what I mean at all. I was born with ventricular bigeminy, which is a heart arrhythmia where there’s a continuous alteration of long and short beats. This is usually due to the ectopic heart beats occurring so frequently that there is one after each sinus beat, typically premature ventricular contractions (PVC’s). To add to it, one of the ventricles that are supposed to close when you are born never closed in my

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Pulmonary Atresia might need surgery or other procedures done soon after birth , so Pulmonary Atresia is considered a critical congenital heart defect. There are two types of Pulmonary Atresia , Pulmonary Atresia with an intact ventricular septum and Pulmonary Atresia with ventricular septal defect. The cause of Pulmonary Atresia is unknown. Some babies have heart defects because changes in their genes or chromosomes. The risk factors of Pulmonary Atresia are a parent who has a congenital heart defect

Cardiac Hypertrophy/ “Athlete’s Heart” The body’s ability to adapt to changing conditions is a constant endeavor. Maintaining during intense change causes the body to adjust rapidly. The cardiovascular system’s ability to adapt during exercise has numerous adjustments to counteract the body’s newly acquired needs. The heart is capable of altering many functions such as stroke volume, heart rate, and cardiac output. In addition the heart can also undergo hypertrophy and increase in size. Cardiac

They can be differentiated into groups with different characteristics: dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive and arrythmyogenic right ventricular hypertrophies (report of the 1995 WHO). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a familial condition affecting the heart, is characterised by unexplained and variable hypertrophy of the left ventricular wall and the inter-ventricular septum in the absence of any alternate causes such as aortic stenosis or hypertension (Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary, Kumar and

the ways that high blood pressure damages the heart is through narrowing of the arteries in the heart, called arteriosclerosis, left ventricular hypertrophy, and restricted blood flow that can lead to strokes and heart attacks. High blood pressure can have damaging effects on the heart if left untreated, and can cause arteriosclerosis, left ventricular hypertrophy, and restricted blood flow that leads to strokes and heart attacks. High blood pressure causes vary from person to person. Some of