Echocardiography

Imaging studies have transcended the historically common musculoskeletal use becoming a crucial tool in most health care fields providing valuable information in the diagnosis and management of many conditions and diseases. One of those conditions is the continuing growing epidemic of obesity in the United States of America becoming one of the major causes of mortality in our country. Obesity is not an isolated cosmetic element (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2012); it is a serious…

medicine to assist you. Stress testing can show possible signs and symptoms of CAD, such as: Abnormal changes in your heart rate, chest pain or trouble breathing, irregular changes in your heart regularity. Another tool used for prognosis is the Echocardiography (echo). This tool is utilized sound waves to generate a moving image of your heart. Echo also can show areas of weak blood flow to the heart, regions of the heart muscle that are contracting abnormally and prior damage to the heart…

Clinical Manifestations “Some stated that healthcare providers who deny the existence of symptoms have never lived with HTN,” (Patros, Schlomann, Schmitke & Virgin, 2012). When healthcare providers disregard the symptoms the client expresses, the clients’ felt undetermined efforts to express themselves. “Participants described the following symptoms: headache, facial flushing, being tired, dizziness, blurring of vision, seeing stars, patting in the temple area, rapid heart rate, swelling,…

The kidney is an organ in our body that removes waste and balance fluids. Polycystic kidney disease is a disorder that causes many fluid-filled sacs to build up. Those sacs are called cysts, that ends up on the kidneys. When the fluid - filled cysts cover the whole kidney, it cause the kidney to become enlarged.The cysts can lead to kidney failure and development in other organs in the body, in most cases the liver as well. Mode of Inheritance and Biological Mechanisms Polycystic kidney disease…

Abstract Live Case Study is on Narayana Hrudayalaya Foundation based in Bangalore. Over 2000 students from across the nation and other countries have been part of Narayana Hrudayalaya Foundation. The Bangalore campus offers medical, physiotherapy and nursing programs. Na-rayana Hrudayalaya Foundation, aims at being the leader in Human growth through higher education services with 14-years of excellence in health sciences, also owns and operates campuses in Kolkata and in the near future in…

Pros and cons towards Improving the Pre Preparation for Exercise Stress Test in Ischemic Heart Disease Patient. Option B: Practice Based Reflective Account. There is pro and cons towards improving the pre preparation for exercise stress test in Ischemic Heart Disease patient whether is necessary for them or not. Pros and cons is an arguments in favour and against certain decision, motion or course of action of the patients examiners. The pros and cons will determine the critical routine before…

Heart disease is very prevalent all over the country, in Cuyahoga County it is the number one killer (Cuyahoga County Board of Health, 2010). Thankfully, the Cleveland Clinic is right in our back yard, it is ranked the number one heart program in the United States. For those who need the care, it is very assessable. The average age for a first heart attack is 53.2 and for female it is 60 (Cuyahoga County Board of Health, 2010). Throughout this paper I will discuss heart disease and its…

Pediatric Congenital Heart Conditions There are several pediatric congenital heart conditions that can occur and it is important as practitioners that each can be recognized as not to delay treatment. This article speaks of three different types of congenital heart conditions; the presentation, exam, diagnosis, treatment, and any long term effects for the patients. Patent Ductus Arteriosus In utero the ductus arteriosus connects the aorta and pulmonary artery. It allows blood to flow from the…

Cardiomyopathy is a condition where the heart muscle is abnormal. The main types of cardiomyopathy include dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy makes it harder for your heart to pump and deliver blood to the rest of your body. Cardiomyopathy can lead to heart failure. But to science certain it is not known which is the cause that causes this disease only knows that there is a variety of this disease. Cardiomyopathy can be treated. The type of treatment you 'll…

Diagnostic Medical Sonography Being able to identify bumps, inflammation, tissue mutilation, growths, and the overwhelming news of the sex of an unborn child all have one thing in common, an ultrasound. Diagnostic medical sonography, more commonly referred to as ultrasound, is a growing area of the health care sector with excellent job prospects. Sonographers are skilled clinicians who perform ultrasound studies as ordered by physicians for their patients. The images created by sonographers are…