Renal artery stenosis

Gangrene is a severe and possibly life-threatening condition that arises when blood supply to a certain part of the body is interrupted for an extended time. When blood cannot move freely through the body, cells die and infection can develop. When this occurs, the result is localized death of soft tissue (necrosis). Interruption in blood supply may result from an injury or infection, or in people suffering from any long-lasting health problem affecting blood flow. Any condition that affects…

Atherosclerosis is a cardiovascular disease whereby the arteries harden as a result of fatty deposits also known as plaque.Ather\o prefix meaning yellowish, fatty plaque and -sclerosis suffix meaning hardening. (Tsutsumi, n.d.).One of the main contributing factors towards this disease is high levels of cholesterol. The fatty deposit, plaque, grows steadily including both fibrous connective tissues. As the plaque accumulates, the walls of the arteries thicken and stiffen, and the obstruction of…

prevention program no matter what type of dog. The parasite is commonly called “heartworm”. It gets its name from the location where it is found most often; the heart. Nevertheless, it has been known to be in the pulmonary arterial system (lung arteries) and can have further damaging affects to lung vessels and…

will cause the patient’s blood-aldosterone level to reduced aldosterone secretion. Aldosterone is a steroid hormone secreted by Zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex. It mostly bound to plasma proteins and its function is to facilitate increase of renal Na+ reabsorption and potassium…

Tuberculosis is a very serious infection which affects the lungs and other parts of the body such as kidneys and bones joints. The lungs are the cone-shaped spongy like organs that are located in the chest cavity and make up most of the lower respiratory tract. Their most important function is to assist oxygen from the air that we breathe to enter the red blood cells in the blood. These red blood cells then carry the oxygen around the body to be used by other cells that are found in the entire…

cancer, that would make him or her ineligible for a donor heart, can have an improved quality of life with a destination therapy LVAD (Trivedi et al., 2014). . A ventricular assist device cannot be placed if there is aortic insufficiency, mitral stenosis, impaired filling of the left ventricle, or intra-cardiac shunting (Wilson, Mudge, Stewart, & Givertz 2010). However, it is possible to correct these conditions during implantation surgery. A patient may be too small to accommodate the…

heart and blood vessels” (n.p.). CVD is also known as Heart Disease (American Heart Association [AHA], 2015). According to Roger, Lloyd-Jones, Berry, et al. (2011) there are numerous types of cardiovascular diseases including: hypertension, coronary artery disease, congenital cardiovascular defects, stroke, congestive heart failure, atherosclerosis (hardening or narrowing of the blood vessels) and other diseases of the circulatory system. CVD is a significant issue in the United States (U.S.).…

DOI: 11/8/2004. Patient is a 56-year-old male central processing technician who sustained cumulative trauma to his wrists and cervical spine. As per OMNI, he is diagnosed with cervical disc disease and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. He underwent a cervical ESI on 03/31/10. He is status post cervical fusion on 9/15/11 and status post carpal tunnel releases. MRI of the cervical spine obtained on 05/19/14 demonstrated no significant interval change compared to prior study. Anterior fusion with…

Extreme cold and heat temperatures can have severe consequences on the body as well as hinder the physiological processes of the human body in innumerable ways. When the human body is experiencing extreme levels of Heat; such as a heat wave, damage can occur to the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver. In cold weather, the body can lose heat faster than it is produced, which uses up stored energy and can lead to hypothermia. Hypothermia happens at extremely low temperatures while not wearing…

Heart failure is a complicated syndrome characterised by reduced heart productivity and subsequent haemodynamic and neurohormonal responses (Poole-Wilson 1985). Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common pattern of congestive cardiac failure in older people (Nicholson, 2014). Congestive cardiac failure can be caused by a number of pathological conditions, some of these conditions can be reversed through medications and natural remedies but others may not be (Nicholson, 2014). Patients can have…