Aortic aneurysm

Daniel Ritchie Professor Ms. Macdonald English 26 October 1015 The effect of moon phases on human behavior. The term “Lunar effect” refers to the connection between the moon phases and human behavior. The recorded statistics were recorded in correlation with the phases of the moon. Mainly focusing on abnormal behavior during the full moon. Violence during the full or close to the full moon. 11,613 cases of aggravated assault in a five year period happened more often around the time of…

Ever since I was a little girl, I always dreamed of helping others, and one of the jobs that would allow me to do this would be being a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon. Along with it being my dream job since I was eight, people who can fill this jobs role will be in high demand by the time I graduate if America stays on it’s fast food heavy diet. Caught in the growing concern in the medical center over this decline of the American diet, I learned of all the bad effects fats in our…

● Retrograde aortic dissection is rare and, a secondary to coronary dissection usually occurs after inflation of the proximal LAD, and RCA which is more common in RCA. characterized by unexplained chest pain, hypotension, and persistent opaqueness by contrast at the aortic root after ostial angioplasty or stenting (Nguyen, et al.,…

When NFL Long Snapper Jon Dorenbos got traded to the Saints, he had to undergo a physical. This physical results showed that Dorenbos had to have emergency heart surgery after experiencing an aortic aneurysm. Jon had gained popularity after competing on America’s Got Talent and coming in third place. Dorenbos is put on the non-football injury list, which may result in him returning to the Philadelphia Eagles if the trade is canceled. Jon Dorenbos was the Long Snapper for the Philadelphia Eagles…

The heart is one of the major organs in the body that is essential. The heart is considered a pump that helps the blood flow, continuously, throughout the body. The heart is located under the rib cage, between the lungs, and more on the left side of the breastbone. It has two major coronary arteries, electrical impulses, four chambers, and four valves to help the blood flow one way. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium from the superior and inferior vena cava. When the right atrium…

Chronological: Joe Louis I was well known for the nickname “The Brown Bomber.” My friends nicknamed me that because I lost to Germany’s Max Schmeling. When I was a young boy, I suffered from a speech disorder and spoke very little until about the age of 6. I spent most of my early years growing up in the countryside of Alabama. My father, a sharecropper, was committed to a state mental hospital when I was two years old. My early life was shaped by financial struggles. When I was a teenager, I…

Heart and Lung Sounds Assessments The knowledge of the normal heart sound, S1 then S2, will aid in the identification of the abnormal heart sounds as the changes of loudness of S1 or the “lub” in “lub-dup” may signify heart pathology. “The second heart sound has been called the key to heart disease” (Shindler, 2007). It is widely transmitted, usually audible, sharper and shorter than S1, and easily heard. Ventricular gallop or S3 is normal in children but not in older populations as it may be…

murmurs Pathologic heart murmurs are caused by structural abnormalities of the heart. These include defective heart valves, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart muscle), holes or abnormal openings in the walls of the heart (septal defects), aortic aneurysm, or other congenital heart disease. This causes blood flow into the heart to be really slow and does not allow the affected person to live a long healthy life. Treatment of heart murmurs If a septal defect is causing the heart murmurs,…

The heart is the most important muscular organ in the human anatomy. It is located in the thoracic cavity medial to the lungs and posterior to the sternum. Its function is to pump the deoxygenated blood within the veins to the lungs for oxygen before pumping it to the rest of the body’s organs. Every cell in the body needs oxygen, without the oxygen, the cells will die. The heart works by following a sequence of electrical signals that cause the muscles in each chamber to contract in a specific…

A neonatologist is a doctor that specializes in the field of neonatology. So... "Neonatologist" is basically a fancy technical term for "baby doctor." Marfan Syndrome Marfan syndrome and related disorders affect the body’s connective tissue. Connective tissue holds the body together and plays a role in its growth and development. This disorder can affect many parts of the body since connective tissue is found all over the body. Bones, joints, eye, skin, lungs, the heart and blood vessels are…