Aorta

Aortic Dissection Treatments I. The Search Story When I was little, my aunt had open heart surgery to repair an issue in her aorta. Ever since then I have been fascinated with the human heart, especially the aorta. I used to pretend to be a doctor and walk around the house in a white coat. My aunt would tell me about her surgery, and it always kept me at the edge of my seat. When time came to pick our topics, I naturally leaned towards the aorta. However it was too broad to write one paper on. I chose aortic dissections because they intrigued me the most. I researched many different topics before settling on aortic dissections. It took a while to fully grasp the topic. Once I figured out exactly what aortic dissections were, I pushed myself to find a specific aspect of…

Aortic arch, is part of aorta between the ascending and descending aorta. The aortic arch curves over the heart, giving rise to branches that bring blood to the head, neck, and arms. Innominate artery, sometimes referred as brachiocephalic trunk begins at aortic arch (second branch) and ends at the carotid bifurcation. Innominate artery travels upward and give rise to the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery. It supplies blood to the right arm, head, and neck. Right…

Marfan syndrome is an inherited, autosomal dominant disease that affects the Fibrillin-1 gene. The research will investigate the efficiency of the beta-blocker therapy, a common treatment for cardiac complications. The scientists will also explore the cause of Marfan syndrome, and provide evidence on the theory of TGF-ß causing particular Marfan syndrome symptoms. In brief, with funding, an experiment on patients, ages 5-20, will be asked to receive either the beta-blocker therapy or the…

So, it seems like you will get to know the story about how I became myself. I was born in Garden City, Ks in August 22, 1996. Garden City is a small town at first, but now the town has been expanding throughout the year and from what I think of it, it’s not really that bad that it is getting some new stores and restaurants. When I was the age of two my parents were starting to notice that there was something off about me. So they took me the hospital to get me check out. They ran some test on…

Coarctation of the Aorta Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital defect that can occur in infants. A congenital defect is present at birth and may or may not be discovered before delivery. Once discovered, management of the condition and treatment must begin immediately. Etiology Coarctation of the aorta presents as a narrowing of the aorta near the heart. Specifically, near where the ductus arteriosus joins the heart. Because this narrowing occurs distal to the vessels that supply blood…

During exercise, the heart works very hard to supply more oxygen to the body. In return, the cardiac output is higher and eventually it will increase the pulse pressure. But in some cases, there’s a condition where the pulse pressure is high even at rest condition. In this case, something is not right with the heart condition. This condition may be due to the stiffness of the major arteries. An example is atherosclerosis (hardening of blood vessel’s wall). CONCLUSION The major determinant of…

the spleen to be infected. In addition to the major functions of the spleen, it also helps clean out the bloodstream as well as protects the immune system by removing old and unhealthy red blood cells (Wein , 2016). Only during the embryonic stage does the spleen produce red blood cell, platelets and granulocytes but it produces lymphoid cells throughout its entire life. Few lymphocytes, mostly T-cells, comprise the majority of the cells in the spleen (Krause, 2008). Oxygenated blood brought…

Though ADO II AS device not been approved by FDA yet, it has been proven to be feasible, effective with a low complication rate when it was used in children as well as in infants. Furthermore, the success of occlusion of PDA with no obstruction of Aorta and/or left pulmonary artery in small infants weighing as less as 1700 grams was demonstrated in both animals and humane studies.…

According to the journal article Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: which associated conditions benefit from pigtail catheter treatment, you assess the effectiveness of pigtail catheter drainage for patient with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. As in the book Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease mentioned pneumothorax is subdivided into primary and secondary. Primary pneumothorax arises in healthy people without a history of lung disease. Secondary pneumothorax…

In the aortic wall, stress is defined as force (F) per unit cross-sectional area, it mainly includes tension, which is stress that acts to dilate the aorta, and shear stress, which is stress that acts parallel to a surface. Strain is defined as deformation per unit of the original length, a relative change in shape or size, which is the ratio of the change caused by the stress to the original state of the aortic wall. And thus, the stiffer the aorta is, the higher the elastic modulus will be,…