Cardiac tamponade

arrhythmias, premature which is when you get extra beats (the most common type), Supraventricular tachycardia is when your heart beats too fast, ventricular rhythm issues can halt the ventricle from pumping blood into your body (this could result in cardiac arrest), and Bradycardia is when your heart beats too slow meaning not enough blood gets to your brains sometimes meaning you could pass out. If someone is unlucky to have arrhythmias the heart could possible not be able to pump enough 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…

myocardial infarction cardiac tamponade, etc. are causes of left-sided heart failure. Right-sided heart failure…

Extravascular sequestration: burns, pancreatitis, severe hypoalbuminemia (hypoproteinemia) E. Decreased intake: dehydration, altered mental status II. Altered renal hemodynamics resulting in hypoperfusion A. Low cardiac output state: diseases of the myocardium, valves, and pericardium (including tamponade); pulmonary hypertension or massive pulmonary embolism leading to right and left heart failure; impaired venous return (e.g., abdominal compartment syndrome or positive pressure…

Cardiac output is the amount of blood pumped through the left ventricle per unit. This is found by multiplying the heart rate and stroke volume. Increasing the heart rate would increase the cardiac output. Sympathetic stimulation releases NE and this shortens repolarization and speeds up depolarization, which increase heart rate. An increase in venous…

ventricular preload, an increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PBR), right ventricular afterload, and ventricular interdependence. Aortic pressures in cardiac output decrease at a fast rate during inspiration and can be reversed by volume loading. This leads to the conclusion that the decrease in preload is…

Life long learning from a rare complication during subclavian venous cannulation Abstract- Placement of central venous cannulation (CVC) is generally a safe procedure but several complications like pneumothorax, arrhythmias, arterial puncture, infection and thrombosis may occur even in the experienced hands. Complications related to guide wire insertion or removal are very rare and mostly relate to expertise and knowledge of operating person. So here we report a rare but completely avoidable…

products such as CO2, lactic acid, and hydrogen ions. Coronary artery atherosclerosis is a progressive disease related to and accumulating atheroma (fibrous fatty plaque), which damage the supporting vessels of the heart and eventually progress to cardiac complications such as angina pectoris, MI, heart failure, and extracardiac complications.…

1.1 Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for significantly increased morbidity and mortality, worsened New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, and impaired quality of life in the general population [1]. For instance, data from the longitudinal population-based Framingham Heart Study suggest that AF is solely associated with a threefold to fivefold increased risk of stroke [2] and with an approximately twofold increased risk for mortality [3]. The ischemic strokes due to…

Decreased breath sounds bilaterally, with no wheezing, crackles, rales or rubs. No tenderness on palpation. Cardiovascular:
 On auscultation of sternal border: RRR with no murmur, clicks, rubs, splitting or abnormal sounds noted. (Placement of cardiac electrodes prevented visualization and palpation of the aortic, pulmonary, and mitral areas; PMI not identified). No carotid bruit detected on auscultation. Carotid, brachial and radial pulses symmetrical, regular and strong. Dorsalis pedis and…