or label ventricular tachycardia is complicated and the doctors have to be correct in diagnosing a patient with V-tach. Most of the time‚ a rapid heart rate can start in either the left or right ventricle. (5) Ventricular tachycardia which lasts more than 30 seconds is referred to as sustained ventricular tachycardia. A period of three to five rapid beats is called a salvo‚ and six beats or more lasting less than 30 seconds is called nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. Rapid ventricular rhythms
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the management of a 68 year old male who presented with chest palpitations secondary to rapid atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia with serious complications if not treated correctly. This essay will discuss the initial clinical presentation of the patient and examine the management and outcome of the interventions applied. The significance of atrial fibrillation including its pathophysiology and aetiology will also be discussed. Description of the case: A 68 year
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station. On her desk were three computer monitors. On the monitors were EKG’s of every patient in Telemetry A‚ B‚ and C. The technician went into detail about many different kinds of heart conditions. I learned what an EKG of Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Fibrillation looked like. She also printed me out a few examples of both. The technician showed professionalism when reporting on her patients. She did so by promptly alerting a nearby nurse when a patients heart rate was abnormal. This related
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Classification and Regulation of Classification and Regulation of Non-roller Type Cardiopulmonary Non-roller Type Cardiopulmonary Bypass Blood Pumps Bypass Blood Pumps 21 CFR 870.4360 21 CFR 870.4360 Catherine P. Wentz‚ M.S. Division of Cardiovascular Devices Office of Device Evaluation Food and Drug Administration Circulatory System Devices Panel Meeting December 6‚ 2012 Objective of This Panel Meeting Objective of This Panel Meeting Non-Roller type Cardiopulmonary Bypass Blood
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getting enough blood with sufficient oxygen in it. Sudden cardiac arrest happens when the electrical system to the heart fails and becomes irregular; the heart begins to beat too fast and the ventricles quiver or flutter‚ which is called ventricular fibrillation. During this process blood is not delivered to the body‚ causing the person to lose consciousness due to the blood flow to the brain being so drastically reduced‚ and death is close unless the necessary treatment is administered immediately
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Sudden cardiac death happens more these days. There are so many people alone in the United States who just stops breathing with no heart disease involved. So why did their heart stop? There are so many researchers out there trying to figure out the underlying cause of these people who this happen to. There can be other reason why a person’s heart can stop without having a cardiac disease. A person’s body may store minerals that control the arrhythmia of the heart to act a different way.
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administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation. Defibrillation is a procedure used to treat life threatening conditions that affect the rhythm of the heart such as cardiac arrhythmia‚ ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. The procedure involves the delivery of an electric shock to the heart which causes depolarisation of the heart muscles and re-establishes
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Atrial fibrillation What is atrial fibrillation? Atrial fibrillation is a very common heart disease characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm. Patients may experience palpitations (heart pounding)‚ chest pain‚ dizziness‚ and loss of consciousness. The heart rate may be elevated (>100)‚ slow (<60)‚ or within the normal range. This condition can be very serious‚ leading to a drop in blood pressure and even stroke. Given its seriousness‚ it is important for patients to educate themselves about
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Kelly liu Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy Blood is pumped to the lungs and the rest of the body due to coordinated muscular contractions in the heart. Different cardiovascular diseases can unfortunately affect the heart muscle and cause it to become weak‚ which decreases its ability to pump blood efficiently. Any type of cardiovascular disease‚ such as Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/ Cardiomyopathy‚ which weakens the heart muscle is categorized as cardiomyopathy
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Q1: Causes of atrial fibrillation A 58-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with a-3-days history of difficulty breathing and unpleasant feeling of rapid and irregular heartbeats. Additional history taking reveals that she has a 7- week-history of unintentional weight loss‚ anxiety‚ and difficulty sleeping at night. She smokes 10 cigarettes per day for the past 15 years. Her blood pressure is 100/55 mmHg‚ temperature is 36.5 °C and her pulse is irregular at a rate of 140 to 150 beats
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