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    Discuss your dissection of the sheep heart and the cardiovascular system of the fetal pig by doing the following: a. Describe the similarities and differences between the fetal pig heart and the sheep…

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    Heart Disease

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    Thesis or Introduction The word "heart disease" refers to numerous categories of heart conditions. The most common type of heart disease in the United States is coronary artery disease, which affects the blood flow to the heart. Diminished blood movement can cause a heart attack. Heart Disease, which is a silent killer, has taken the lives of many. Be it young or old. Nevertheless, with the advancement in technology, research, and more educations, people are learning different ways in which it…

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    Heart Pathophysiology

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    Physiology Heart murmurs are aberrant heart noises that can be noted when using a stethoscope. Typically, these sounds come from the abnormal motion of blood amid cardiac chambers and across valves. As a result, turbulence occurs, bringing about “vibrations in the chambers of the heart or outflow vessels (aorta or pulmonary artery) that are detected as audible, low-frequency sounds,” (Klabunde, 2016). These sounds are different from the regular heart sounds that symbolize the closing of the…

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    Heart Failure

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    The diagnosis of heart failure can create challenges to understanding the disease process and how choices in self-care regimen can affect ones self-care regimen. Heart failure is caused by structural and functional defects in myocardium that results in impairment of ventricular filling or the ejection of blood with the most common cause is reduced left ventricular myocardial function. Heart failure can also be the result of the dysfunction of the pericardium, myocardium, endocardium, heart…

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    Essay On Heart Attack

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    disease I chose for my project is the disease heart attack, also called myocardial infection. A heart attack is when the heart cannot receive oxygen and the muscle begins to die. In scientific ways, a heart attack is when a “heart attack occurs and when the flow of blood to the heart is blocked, most often by a build-up of fat, cholesterol and other substances, which form a plaque in the arteries that feed the heart (coronary arteries). The interrupted blood flow can damage or destroy part of…

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    Systolic Heart Failure

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    with the risk of coronary heart disease.” (WCPT organization). The intersection between aging and cardiovascular disease is very important. The average lifespan of person increases. Human beings 65 or older are at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases. Within this age group cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death. The costs of treatments will also continue to increase. There are still millions of unanswered questions on cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular diseases cause more…

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    Amphibian Heart Lab

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    explore the differences in animal hearts. With regards to this experiment at hand, the differences were explored between mammalian and amphibian hearts. This experiment also helps us determine the effects of external, biological factors and pharmacological substances on the contraction of the heart. The following will serve as an overview of the structure and functioning of amphibian heart. A frog heart has three chambers (two atria and a single ventricle). The truncus arteriosus is a medium…

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    Essay On Heart Disease

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    The heart is an essential part of a human’s body. It is a muscular organ located at the center of the circulatory system that pumps blood throughout the body. The system comprises of veins, arteries, and capillaries, and these blood vessels carry blood to and from all areas of one’s body to sustain life. It beats around 100,000 times and pumps around 2,000 gallons per day. The heart is vital to one’s health and everything that goes on in his or her body. The heart is also prone to many different…

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    Prosthetic Heart Valves

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    Prosthetic Heart Valves for Pediatric Patients Madeline Setear, Biomedical Engineering, University of Rhode Island BME 181 First Presentation, March 6th, 2017 Abstract— Heart valve failure makes up a significant portion of Cardiovascular diseases. Heart valves fail when they are damaged and deteriorating or when they have congenital deformities. Heart valve replacement methods have improved greatly in the past decade. Currently, Mechanical and Biological Heart valve prosthesis exist but both…

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    Heart Failure Epidemiology

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    hospitalization, long-term medication and rehabilitation (229). Backing up this idea of the most appropriate model to adopt, Javed Butler discusses the problems with heart failure being the primary reason for “12-15 million…

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