Ejection fraction

twice a day and 50 mg daily respectively. Mr. U continuously complaints of left sided chest/rib pain which was thought due to pleurisy from infection. Discharge plan of care for him was to consume doxycycline for 5 days and regarding his low ejection fraction he must have cardiology appointment after 2 weeks and an outpatient medical follow up after 4…

A 64-year-old gentleman admitted with CHF. Diabetic, without any previous cardiac history. He is a former smoker. An echocardiogram demonstrated findings consistent with cardiomyopathy, and with injection fraction of 20-30%, and mild mitral insufficiency. Because he developed new T-wave inversions and had risk factors, it was appropriate, though he was without anginal symptoms, to recommend catheterization. Catheterization was undertaken today, demonstrating the following: Right…

60-year-old male. D.B. was on 4SICU because he had a heart transplant on 1/24/17. However, prior to and after his heart transplant, he had various multi-system physical disruptions. D.B. had ischemic cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 25%. The normal ejection fraction lies somewhere between 55-75%. In 2010, the patient had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed. In 2014, a ventricular assist device (VAD) was placed as a bridge to transplant. He was considered an…

Heart failure is a common killer of both men and women in the United States every year. It is a very serious issue that plagues this country and other developed countries like it. Heart failure is a syndrome with many risk factors, such as, age, obesity, congenital heart diseases, and many others. A client is considered to be in heart failure, when their heart is unable to profuse tissues in the body with oxygenated and nutrient rich blood for tissue to sufficiently function. A client when…

TITLE: Afterload reduction and beneficial in the management of heart failure Jose R Tapanes International Institute for Health Care Professionals Abstract Afterload is the pressure in the wall of the left ventricle during ejection. In other words, it is the end load against which the heart contracts to eject blood. Afterload is divided into components: one factor is the aortic pressure the left ventricular muscle must overcome to eject blood. There is an inverse relationship between afterload…

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ability of the ventricle to fill or eject blood.” 1 In essence, the heart fails to meet the demands of the heart because of decreased ventricular filling or decreased ejection fraction. When the ventricle fails to fill, it is called diastolic HF and the ventricle hypertrophies concentrically. Systolic HF is when the heart’s ejection fraction is…

Gallium scans, Gastric Emptying, MUGA scans, and Spect Brain scans are just a few of the scans that were formed, thanks to the nuclear medicine of today. In 1896, a man by the name of Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium penetrating rays were similar to X-rays. This leads to other numerous discovers like the finding of elements polonium and radium, to the cyclotron invented by Ernest Lawrence that included the ability to produce radioisotopes of different elements. This leads to 1946, where…

Contrary to systolic dysfunction, diastolic malfunction is characterized by normal contractility and a typical ejection fraction. The relaxation of ventricles in this disorder is impaired, resulting in an increase in ventricular pressure into the left atrium and pulmonary venous system leading to signs of pulmonary and systemic venous congestion. This decrease in preload results in a decrease in blood volume, especially during periods of increased activity or exercise, when blood is unable to…

Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common congenital defect. I find it to be a very interesting topic for various reasons. One of them is because the first open heart surgery in America over half a century ago was to fix Tetralogy of Fallot. One of the other reasons is that this is a very complex defect and it is a defect that we cannot prevent from occurring. From the very first surgery to fix Tetralogy of Fallot it was a successful procedure. Over time technology and new research has benefited…