Coronary artery disease

Becoming: A Review of The Ministry of Business In their 2012 book entitled The Ministry of Business, Steve Hitz and James Ritchie set out to teach principles of life and business that helped them achieve entrepreneurial and financial success. The promise of the book, written in the foreword by Hyrum W. Smith of FranklinCovey, is that living a personal and professional life guided by correct moral and spiritual principles will lead anyone to “personal, professional, and financial success,…

Stroke is one of the leading cause of disability and the fifth cause of death in United States. Stroke occurs to a person every 40 seconds and one out of six patients suffer from stroke in his or her life time. Public awareness about stroke warning symptoms are important and can be achieved through patient and family education. At present the unit I work take care of patient with Transient ischemic attack (TIA) and stroke. We follow stroke protocol to attain positive outcome and prevent…

systems and characterized by neonatal jaundice along with a paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts on liver histology. It is also known as Alagille-Watson syndrome or arterio-hepatic dysplasia, and is caused by defects in the Notch signaling pathway. The disease affects the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, and is associated with characteristic facial features. (1, 2) The syndrome was first described by MacMahon and Thannhauser in 1949, who also characterized the…

Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder. It is an irregular and rapid heart rate caused by heart tissue giving out erratic electrical signals that can increase a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. The risk of AF increases with age with people over the age of 40 having a 25% chance of developing AF. With the increase in aging population in Singapore, there will be higher incidence of AF. Thus there is a need to come…

is known as coronary circulation. The walls situated in the heart have systemic blood vessels. These exist to meet the needs of the heart for blood supply. Oxygenated blood is brought to the myocardium via the left and right coronary arteries. They are also responsible for bringing the myocardium the needed blood supply by branching off. Atrioventricular sulcus, otherwise known as the depression between the right and left ventricles and the atrias, carry the coronary arteries which…

Workers who are exposed to high temperature and humidity or work in a hot environment are at risk of heat stress. Circulating blood to the skin and through sweating is the key to get rid of extra heat to balance a stable internal temperature. When the body is not able to cool itself, the body’s core temperature and heart rate increase and several heat-related illnesses could occur [1]. Appropriate clothing is encouraged to wear during working in extreme heat environment. However, protective…

characterized by a remodeling of arteries leading to sub endothelial accumulation of fatty substances called plaques. The buildup of an athermanous plaque is a slow process, developed over a period of several years through a complex series of cellular events occurring within the arterial wall and in response to a variety of local vascular circulating factors. One recent hypothesis , leukocyte, such as momocyte or basophile start on to attack the endothelium of the artery lumen in cardiac…

To diagnosis AS a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) is completed, with two dimensional doppler (2D). An Echocardiogram is a diagnostic study that uses ultrasound waves transmitted through a transducer using a conducting gel to create an image of the heart. Ultrasound waves are cyclic in nature and at a frequency that are not audible within the parameter of human hearing (Fridman, V., 2013). The transthoracic approach provides visualization of the heart and its structures. Throughout TTE the…

Vital signs are objective measures of physiological function that are used to monitor acute and chronic disease and thus serve as a basic communication tool about patient status.1 Vital signs consist of the measurements of heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. Vital signs are used to monitor patient’s health status and also to monitor their recovery from certain diseases. Numerous physiological and pathological changes may occur with age and alter vital signs.1…

I chose to take a brief look at coronary procedures involving grafts. To answer the question first we need to understand some of the differences in veins and arteries. The arteries in the systemic system, deliver oxygenated blood from the heart, in a high pressure low volume stream to the capillaries found throughout the body. The systemic veins carry the deoxygenated blood from the capillary beds in a low pressure, high volume, valve controlled flow, back to the heart. From there, the heart…