Brachiocephalic artery

heart rate are the initial simple exam techniques that provide the doctor with clues about the health of the heart. The basic electrocardiogram (also known as EKG or ECG), an electrical recording of the heart action, aids in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, valves disorders, arrhythmias, heart blocks and myocardial infarction. Echocardiogram, also known as ultra-sound cardiography, is a noninvasive procedure that examines the size, shape and motion of the heart structures, like valves…

heart attack. This pain was described as if someone was putting pressure on her chest and it radiated down to her arms. Additionally, she felt as if she was struggling to breathe, nauseated, weak and sweating. This fits with the diagnosis of coronary artery disease that is the source of developing chronic stable angina and can induce a myocardial infraction like she already had because those with this disease often experience “sub sternal chest pains or pressure (squeezing, aching, tingling),…

Introduction The cardiovascular system is a fundamental system for survival, providing the body nutrients and removing waste via a network of arteries, arterioles, capillaries venous and veins. (Sherwood). Understanding this fundamental system is critical to help further understand even more complicated medical conditions such as Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), inappropriate HR increase when standing (Freeman et al., 2011). In addition, the cardiovascular system also has…

palpating for it, as the systolic pressure may not be palpated if it is a weak pulse. 2. Systolic pressure: • Pressure in the arteries when the blood is being pumped out of the heart into the arteries • The maximum blood pressure, when the ventricles are in contracting phase Diastolic pressure: • Pressure in the arteries when the blood is flowing away from the arteries into the other blood vessels • The minimum blood pressure, when the heart is relaxed Pulse pressure: • Difference between…

Heart Attack Heart attack is the consequence and progression of worsening CAD. The coronary artery become partial of completely blocked and suddenly stop the blood flow. Without oxygen part of the heart become permanently damaged and loses its ability of contractility; resulting in scarred area or necrosis. These damage are permanent or irreversible (Mozaffarian et al., 2015). Cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy is a diseased heart muscle. The chambers of the heart enlarge and the heart muscle…

During the Body Works experiments the patient performed a number of tasks. The patient performed a task called the Eat Healthy (My Pyramid/Diabetes) where she picked out a number of meals that represented the types of meals that she would eat on any given day. She selected foods like spaghetti and meatballs, a turkey sandwich, hamburger and fries, and a chocolate ice cream bar. After the patient was finished picking through the menu the machine then gave her a total for the amount of calories…

Cause of pain In the case study, the 40-year-old male patient suffered from retrosternal pain that occurred once he laid down after consuming food. The patients’ retrosternal pain is a result of a spontaneous muscular spasm also known as heartburn. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Heartburn is a burning pain in your chest, just behind your breastbone. The pain is often worse when lying down or bending over.” The heartburn that the patient is experiencing is associated with the regurgitation of…

Discovered in 1913 by a man named Nikolai Anichkov, atherosclerosis is a disease where things like calcium and fat build up in the arteries and block blood flow. Arteries harden as a result of it, and it’ll cause problems transferring blood around the body. The plaque will form a barrier, and can cause serious problems in the body, like other diseases and disorders. The results are possibly deadly. There is a layer on the inside of every vein that keeps it smooth called endothelium. It allows…

spring like tubular structures used in angiolplasty to treat the narrow or weak coronary arteries that carry blood. The implantation of stent prevents the arteries from blowing out for a longer duration after surgery. One of the causes for blockage of arteries is the plaque deposition in the inner parts that eventually block the blood flow and may also lead to heart attacks. Stents are embedded in the arteries by the process called as PCI. In PCI stents circum surfaces a balloon…

Case Study: Million Hearts Campaign Introduction In September of 2011, the Million Hearts Campaign was launched, with a goal to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes by the year 2017. The co-leaders in this effort to decreases heart attacks and strokes are the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Death, one out of every three occur by heart attack and strokes in the United States, costs billions of dollars in health care…