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    ● 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.,…

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    Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm An aneurysm is a weakened or damaged part of an artery wall that bulges from the normal force of blood pumping through the body. An abdominal aortic aneurysm is an aneurysm that occurs in the lower part of the aorta, the main artery of the body. The major concern with an abdominal aortic aneurysm is that it can enlarge and burst (rupture) or blood can flow between the layers of the wall of the aorta through a tear (aortic dissection). Both of these conditions can…

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    Discuss your dissection of the sheep heart and the cardiovascular system of the fetal pig by doing the following: a. Describe the similarities and differences between the fetal pig heart and the sheep…

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    Left Ventricles

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    abnormal backflow of blood leads to pathologic changes in the heart in order to compensate for the decreased successful cardiac output . Aortic regurgitation occurs from either damage to the aortic valve leaflets or dilation of the aortic annulus (Otto, 2014). Symptoms are generally radical and usually exacerbated by a racing heart palpitations,…

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    the forearm with their fingers. Through hyperflexion of the wrists, these patients will often be able to touch their forearms. Other features of Marfan syndrome include kyphosis of the spine, pectus deformities, lens subluxation, aortic root dilation, and aortic dissection. Marfan syndrome is not associated with any intellectual disability. Some other autosomal dominant disorders include: Huntington chorea, chondroplasia, Ehlers-Danlos, adult-onset polycystic kidney disease, neurofibromatosis,…

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    Effect of Staff Nurse Education Intervention on Wound Infections in Adult Patients after Open Heart Surgery Mohsin Rasho and Jalal Dawood Valparaiso University I have neither given nor received, nor have I tolerated others' use of unauthorized aid. Mohsin Rasho & Jalal Dawood Effect of Staff Nurse Education Intervention on Wound Infections in Adult Patients after Open Heart Surgery Wound…

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    Marfan Syndrome Essay

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    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…

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    of smaller VSDs is the formation of an aortic aneurysm and other defects (Minette and Sahn, 2006). Pathology of Ventricular Septal Defects In a healthy heart, blood wants to follow the pressure gradient set by the body, from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure. The left ventricle controls systemic arterial…

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    Characteristic clinical findings involved with MFS include “ocular, skeletal, and cardiovascular systems.” Major features of diagnosis are defined as “lens dislocation, aortic dilation or dissention, dural ectasia, and four of the eight skeletal features” (NIH. National Human Genome Research Institute). Lens dislocation is seen in six out of ten people with MFS due to the connective tissue weakening. Symptoms of lens dislocation…

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    believer that statement is impossible for me to believe.Dennett beliefs in a God is fully irrelevant to their work for humanity, when a person get through something that they think they can't survive they always thank God. Dennett suffered from an aortic dissection and was hospitalized for some time. In the article it was said that Dennett thinks there's a lot of goodness in the world. Goodness comes in many forms, the…

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