Angioplasty

Out of the many cardiovascular diseases that exist today, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is the most common. CHF is the failure of the heart to distribute adequate blood supply back to the body through the heart. The heart muscle is weakened and is no longer able to pump blood back through the heart and often becomes enlarged due to the workload it must take on. When the heart begins to fail, the lungs also tend to suffer. The lungs can fill with blood; which is known as pulmonary congestion.…

Pathophysiology behind Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease also known as CAD is a condition where there is a build up on the inside lining of the artery usually composed of cholesterol or plaques. This can cause the narrowing of the coronary artery lumen, which can then reduce the volume of blood that pass through them. The lack of poor blood flow can lead to myocardial ischemia, which is a lack of blood flow to the heart and it can lead to heart tissue death. Another condition…

Introduction An MRI (or Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan is a radiology technique that uses a large magnet, radio waves, and a computer to look at organs and structures inside our bodies. Single MRI images are called slices can be stored on a computer or printed on film. An MRI combines images to create a 3-D picture of your internal structures. The MRI scanner is a tube surrounded by a huge circular magnet. The patient is placed on a moveable bed that is inserted into the magnet. An MRI…

This EKG showed inverted T-waves and also Q-waves. Total CK, CK-MB, and cTnT results were also all now increased. These results were diagnostic for AMI. Patient was taken to the cardiac catheterization lab immediately for angioplasty and placement of stent in an occluded coronary artery. The testing performed on this patient definitely supports the diagnosis of AMI. Since CM-MB results typically rise within 3-6 hours after the onset of MI symptoms and troponin levels typically…

and more. Medicines that treat diabetes, high cholesterol, or blood pressure can delay any further damage caused by coronary heart disease. Depending on the severity of the symptoms, surgery may be needed to either clear out the arteries with angioplasty and stent placement, or create a new…

pharmacology, basic and advanced electrocardiography and Electrophysiology, physics, hemodynamics, and radiology (Santiago, 2014). They are also skilled in intravenous administration, diagnostic cardiac catheterizations, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, angioplasty, stents, and vital sign monitoring (Commission on Accreditation…

In 1958 a program was created in America to work on winning the “space race”. America was the first country to reach the moon and now it might also be the first country to reach another planet. The U.S. is working on multiple projects as of now to be able to go to Mars, but the entire program is just focusing on going to Mars now. There are no funds to go into space anymore, and if Americans want to go into space they have to send astronauts to Russia. Sending our astronauts to Russia for them…

THE CAUSES OF HEART ATTACK The onset of heart attack is a result of a portion of cardiac muscle having necrosis, which is caused by an obstruction of a coronary artery through artherosclerosis, a thrombus or spasm. Heart attack often occurs when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of the heart muscle becomes blocked which is mostly a result of coronary heart disease (NIH, 2012). According to National Institutes (NIH), Coronary heart disease is a condition that is as a result of a waxy…

There are several surgical procedures done today to help improve the lives of people. One of those surgical procedures is a cholangiography. The cholangiography procedure was first performed in 1932, with the intention to demonstrate the biliary duct system, drainage into the duodenum, and any remaining stones in the biliary ducts (Bontrager & Lampignano, 2014). There are different types of cholangiography's including percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC), intraoperative…

Heart Disease In the world today, there are many harmful and deadly diseases. These diseases are caused by people themselves or they are caused by human nature or probability. One of the many diseases that affect people is heart disease. Heart disease can strike anyone at anytime. The history of heart disease dates back to the Egyptian mummies. Pharaoh Merenptah died from atherosclerosis, which is a type of heart disease. Some early discoveries were made by Leonardo da Vinci and William Harvey…