Atrial fibrillation

¨Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory¨. Recently, I have discovered many things wrong with my health that has taken a toll on how I think and carry myself. One year ago, I was diagnosed with Stress Induced Atrial Fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmias) caused by high levels of stress. With the fast paced beating comes a sharp pain that has become extremely difficult to endure over the past year. It made it hard to breathe, think, and for a period of…

In this paper you will find information about pacemakers and defibrillators. Pacemakers and defibrillators are devices that help keep the heart in rhythm. If the heart starts to beat to slow or to fast it will send an electrical shock to get it back on pace. When you get one or both devices implanted in you will need to have regular check-up with the doctors, these should not affect your daily life. Later on in the article you read that you may be allowed to still participate in fast paced…

visually. I retain best through auditory and semantic codes. I had to semantically create a new set of acronyms for elaborate rehearsal. Aberrant beats are when a person will have a random beat between two complexes that are caused from a premature atrial complex. I remember this as “aberrant, randomly present”. There are three hearts blocks that you must differentiate through their similarities. A first-degree heart block, has a p-wave that measure longer through each complex. I remember this…

Lawrence, the president of Downing Digital Healthcare Partners said, “Customers just aren’t aware of the prevalence of sudden cardiac arrest.” Each year in the United States over 424,000 victims are being affected all ages, in Hawaii, Native Hawaiians are 1.7 times (over 70%) more likely to die from heart disease than other race. To prevent this from happening to all citizens, CFL (Certification for Life) wants to increase funding for more access to an AED. Our goal as the CFL is to train…

Syncope "Syncope is defined as an abrupt, transient loss of consciousness and postural tone with spontaneous recovery, most often caused by loss of cerebral oxygenation and perfusion referred to as cerebral ischemia. Syncope is also referred to as transient loss of consciousness (Grimes, 2014)." Syncope is considered the most common medical emergency in dental offices around the world (Grimes, 2014). It can most likely occur when blood pressure is too low (hypotension) and the heart is not…

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is an abnormal communication between the atria (McCance, Huether, Brashers, & Rote, 2010, p. 1219). It is considered as the fourth most common congenital heart defect, comprising about 5% to 10% of all congenital cardiac defects. The causes of ASD remains unknown, but it was thought that genetics play a role. A person with no other heart defect, or a small defect (less than 5 millimeters) may remain asymptomatic, or manifest symptoms later in life ("MedlinePlus," 2014)…

VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE 3 Vasovagal Syncope It starts with a feeling of whirling sensation, followed by blurred vision, and a muffled sense of hearing, until one unknowingly wakes up on the floor, wondering what had happened. This type of syncope is the classic movie scene when someone receives shocking news and passes out (Team, 2015). As scary as it is, this type of fainting is quite common in the United States. Vasovagal syncope is a result of a sudden drop in heart rate and blood…

Atrial septal defects(ASD) is a highly prevalent congenital heart disease [1]. There are four major types of ASD: Ostium Secundum, ostium premium, sinus venous, and coronary sinus [2]. The ostium atrial septal defect is an abnormally large opening in the atrial septum. During the early embryo stages, the atria enlarge, and the septum primum develops with the progression of the embryo. At the final development stages of the embryo and as the heart matures the ostium primum completely shuts;…

heart is in atrial fibrillation. Antiarrhythmic drugs are the first choice in treating a-fib patients. Catheter ablation may be used in conjunction with antiarrhythmic drugs when these drugs prove not to work for the patient. Catheter ablation may be the cure for some atrial fibrillation patients. Cardioversion may be used before antiarrhythmic drugs are even started or catheter ablation is attempted. Anticoagulants must be used with cardioversion. Patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation are…

arises an electrical chaos causing the pumping function is lost due to muscle contractions cease. Ventricular fibrillation is considered a cardiac arrest and the patient loses consciousness almost immediately. CPR must be started immediately. With an electrical device called a defibrillator, may flicker broken in most cases if treatment is started immediately. When ventricular fibrillation is defibrillation an emergency measure to bring the heart back to normal operations. Defibrillation is the…