Hearts

Non-ST Segment Elevation Heart Attack A heart attack occurs when a blood vessel on the surface of the heart (coronary artery) is blocked and interrupts blood supply to the heart muscle. This causes that area of the heart muscle to permanently scar. This blockage may be caused by cholesterol buildup (atherosclerotic plaque) within a coronary artery. The plaque cracks which creates a rough surface where blood cells attach, forming a clot. Chest discomfort that happens with exertion and goes away…

Ghost Hearts Doris A. Taylor, inventor/creator of the ghost hearts constantly harvest organs from the newly dead by re-engineering them. Doris is the director of the regenerative Medicine Research for the center of Cell and Organ Biotechnology at the Texas Heart Institute. Dr. Taylor worked on methods of decellularization and in 2008 she perfected the method. Decellularization is taking all the cells out of the organ leaving it with the lipids, sugar, and proteins. Ghost heart or a ghost-like…

The nurse will want to listen to see how loud the heart murmur is. Once she listens she will need to rate the murmur on a scale of 1 to 6, with 6 being the loudest. When listening to the murmur the nurse needs to note on what position on the heart the murmur is located. For example, is it on the back of the heart? She should listen to the pitch of the murmur. It is high, medium or low-pitched. What things affects the sounds. Does moving the infant or laying the infant in a certain position.…

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…

TASK 1 HEART The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body (Chiras, 2008). STRUCTURE The heart wall is composed of three layers of tissues: pericardium, myocardium and endocardium (Wilson, Waugh and Ross, 1996). Label structures of the heart for the diagram. Aorta is the major artery that carries oxygenated blood to the body. Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs into the heart. Left atrium is one of the left upper chambers that takes oxygenated blood from…

I looked down astonished at the beating heart before me. The surgeon attempted to clarify the procedure he was performing, but I was too busy trying to detect the clear string he was sewing in and out of the heart. I was in awe of his comfort with teaching an undergraduate student how to successfully execute a coronary artery bypass surgery, as if he knew I was interested in that specialty. He explained the condition of the patient and while I did not understand the terminology, I nodded with…

Thank you for responding on my post. I agreed your statement that heart failure is complex diagnosis also pharmacological treatments depends on the condition type, severity, etiology. Heart failure is one of the most frequent cardiac diagnosis for hospitalization to patient, the undesirable effect of long term coronary artery disease also increase prevalence of heart failure (Ciccone,2016). Congestive heart failure (CHF) or heart failure most commonly refer as decompensation and cardiac…

People who have Endocarditis will have inflammation of the inner walls of the heart mainly in the heart valves. This can also infect artificial heart valves, pacemakers, or implantable defibrillators. Endocarditis infection is most commonly found in people with preexisting heart diseases. To get this infection the bacteria will enter the bloodstream and attach to damaged places of the inner parts of the heart, but not all the bacteria entering the bloodstream will cause this infection. If this…

1. Jamilah’s medical problem was discovered to be a heart attack. The heart attack is acute and not chronic. It is a critical condition and care must be taken immediately. A heart attack is not reversible. This an emergent situation, but not exactly a terminal condition. There are procedures that can be performed to improve Jamilah’s condition. 2. The goals of treatment would be to extend Jamilah’s life and possible improve her health. 3. Medical treatment is not indicated if it goes against the…

death in the United States is heart disease. About one million people die from heart disease every year. Heart disease is an umbrella term for a multiple diseases, including arrhythmias, congenital heart diseases, and coronary artery disease. Heart disease includes stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. The most common type of heart disease is coronary heart disease. Almost four hundred thousand individuals will be killed by coronary heart disease each year (The Heart Foundation 2015). Every…