All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Explaining the function of the heart as a pump

Heart attack is due to clotting of blood in a narrowed coronary artery.

A direct current defibrillation shock delivered directly over the implantable device can cause permanent damage, though not always.

Generally a person with heart murmur is unlikely to be taken for the air force as they do not take any chances in such high risk jobs.

STEMI is ST elevation myocardial infarction and NSTEMI non ST elevation myocardial infarction.

If stroke volume decreases, there is a compensatory increase in heart rate so that the product (cardiac output) remains the same.

Signs and symptoms of a heart attack: Persistent chest pain radiating to the left arm, pallor, and rapid, weak pulse will be the most typical answer.

How are arterial emboli removed? The blood vessel is opened and a Fogarty catheter (a small tube with a balloon at its tip) is inserted. The balloon end

How does blood pressure get elevated in polycythemia rubra vera? Polycythemia rubra vera is a condition in which there is an abnormal increase in the erythrocyte count. Increased

Can you mention an adverse effect common to many antihypertensive drugs? Orthostatic hypotension or fall in blood pressure on standing up, is an adverse effect common to diuretics,