Essays on Cardiomyopathy

Introduction

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) involves peripheral circulation, the brain, and the heart. The disease is a primary health issue in many countries around the world (Sawhney, et al., 2012). CVD develops through complex processes involving novel risk markers and common risk factors. Decades of research have demonstrated that a sibling’s or parent’s family history is linked to the development of atherosclerotic CVD (Gupta et al., 2013; Nelson, 2013; Imes and Lewis, 2014), which manifests as peripheral arterial disorder, stroke, and coronary heart disorder (CHD). Various Mendelian disorders have also been shown to contribute to atherosclerotic CVD. Although ...

The client, Mr. P has been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. The client, Mr. P has 4+ oedema, laboured breathing and moist crackles throughout lung fields. He is 76 years old and faces difficulty in maintaining diet restrictions and managing polypharmacy. He has only his wife in his family who herself is weak and cannot go outside house due to her own poor health. Patient is hopeless and blames God for his miserable life.

Approach to Care for Mr. P

Care plan for Mr. P is developed taking into consideration that now he is an in-patient. Approach to care will include several interventions ...

Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Cardiac arrhythmias often require immediate medical care that may include resuscitation (Ray, 2004). The diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias can be challenging particularly in situations whereby the patient is asymptomatic and ECG findings are normal between symptomatic episodes (Cruickshank, 2008). Distinguishing between supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia is also a challenge (Australian Resuscitation Council, 2008). Cardiac arrhythmia should be suspected in patients with a history of syncope, near syncope, palpitations, and/or chest pain (Cruickshank, 2008). This paper will justify why monomophic ventricular tachycardia is the most likely diagnosis of a male patient who collapsed abruptly and has hypotension (BP 63/38), tachycardia ( ...

What nursing interventions are appropriate for Mrs. J. at the time of her admission? Drug therapy is started for Mrs. J. to control her symptoms. What is the rationale for the administration of each of the following medications? 1.IV furosemide (Lasix) 2.Enalapril (Vasotec) 3.Metoprolol (Lopressor) 4.IV morphine sulphate (Morphine) Lasix is used to reduce fluid retention that occurs as a side effect of heart failure. It is additionally used to treat hypertension and lessen effect such as the shortness of breath, swelling of limbs and the abdomen. It is used as an IV to treat the immediate consequences of ...

My approach to nursing care will include ensuring that P receives continuous medical care as well as changing his lifestyle. The medical attention will ensure that P receives treatment for the CHF symptoms that occur. I would recommend that P gets Medicaid because he requires long term health care. Medicaid will relieve his wife from the heavy burden of medical bills. Change of lifestyle is very important for P because the major cause of heart diseases is the lack healthy lifestyle. I will insist that P abides to a strict diet that will help him improve his health. P ...

Organ transplantation makes the duration of life much higher and improves the whole state of health of many people with renal, cardiac or hepatic impairment. Although the one way of treatment of people who have renal insufficiency is dialysis, the best way for such patients is to transplant somebody’s organ. With the insufficiency of the liver, heart and / or lungs transplantation is the only solution. Nowadays this kind of surgeries can be made almost in any country of the world. Some other organs, such as pancreas, small intestine also may be transplanted. Also the surgeon may transplant ...

Falling in love can be just as powerful as sniffing a line of cocaine. In fact, studies have shown that the effect cocaine has on the brain sometimes provokes similar chemical reactions as those caused by the feeling of being in love. However, despite love sometimes being classified as a natural stimulant, it could also be harmful to human health in certain situations. And given such similarities, the neural enhancement of both these stimulants should be taken both cautiously and seriously. In the scientific and common literature, love is almost always regarded as being a benefit to a person's ...

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Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT scintigraphy) utilizes nuclear medicine along with gamma rays to get three-dimensional images (NLM, n.d.) of an internal part of the body such as heart with an objective of diagnosing a problem.

SPECT

In SPECT, a gamma-emitting radioisotope is administered into the bloodstream of a patient with the help of injection (Boyd, 2014; Hademenos, 1998). The radioisotope is, usually, a simple soluble ion as, for example, isotope of gallium(III) (Sharma, Prior, Belinsky, Kruh, & Piwnica-Worms, 2005; Wadas, Wong, Weisman, & Anderson, 2010). Most often, a marker radioisotope is also bound to a particular ligand ...

A 16-year-old male was seen for routine physical exam for sports participation clearance. States he feels well today and past medical history is non-contributory. Upon exam, all systems are within normal limits with the exception of a cardiovascular murmur, loudest over the apex, grade II/IV systolic. Patient denies current or previous cardiac symptoms. Denies family history of cardiovascular disease or sudden cardiac death.

The recommendation in this case should be to withhold sports clearance pending a thorough cardiovascular workup, to initially include electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, and potentially echocardiogram (with subsequent referral to cardiology) to help rule out cardiomyopathy (National Heart, ...

Introduction to Pathophysiology and Nursing

Congestive heart failure and cardiomyopathy in general terms are complications of heart diseases: a good example is heart attack which damages heart muscles. Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the myocardium or heart muscle where the heart loses the ability to beat at a normal rhythm and pump blood normally. Cardiomyopathy and Congestive heart failure result from various complications and heart diseases such as heart valve disorders, arrhythmias and hypertension (Ghosh, 2010, p. 49). Congestive heart failure affects both right and left sides of the heart, although depending on severity of damage and the location, it may affect one side more than the ...

ABSTRACT

Muscular dystrophy disorders are hereditary neuromuscular disorders in which the skeletal muscles deteriorate progressively due to loss of the functional protein dystrophin encoded by the DMD gene. There are many types of muscular dystrophy and they are classified based on the genetic mechanisms involved. Muscular dystrophy symptoms are usually caused by mutations in the link between cytoskeletal and basal lamina proteins since dystrophin is a sarcolemmal membrane protein (Meregalli M, 2013). Loss of ambulation is also an important clinical milestone in the clinical diagnosis of muscular dystrophy. Respiratory muscles, particularly the intercostal and diaphragm muscles are also affected by muscular ...

Introduction

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an infection that affects the heart muscles and causes thickening of the muscle walls (Maron, 2012). Often, thickening occurs at the septum region, below the valves of the aorta and between the ventricles. In some cases, there is bulging of the thickened septum into the left ventricle. When blockage of the ventricle occurs, blood is not able to flow out of the ventricles, particularly the left ventricle. Ventricular blockage implies that the ventricle must be strained in order to allow circulation of blood to the other parts of the body via muscular heart pumping. In addition, ...

Introduction

The human cardiovascular system includes the heart and the blood vessels. The heart is a hollow, four chambered organ. Internally, it is divided into the upper and the lower chamber called the atrium and the ventricle respectively. The blood vessels include arteries, arterioles, capillaries and veins. The arteries carry the blood away from the heart. Arterioles regulate the blood flow to a particular region of the body. Capillaries allow the diffusion of oxygen and nutrients from the blood to the tissues. Veins function in supplying blood from the periphery back to the heart. When blood exerts a hydrostatic pressure against the walls ...

Pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common type of cardiomyopathy in children and accounts for the most heart transplantations in pediatric patients. Despite the progressive nature of the disorder and high mortality and morbidity rates, few studies aimed to investigate the etiology and treatments of children affected by dilated cardiomyopathy. Treatments for children are mainly adopted from studies aimed at adults without testing their effectiveness in pediatrics. Several studies were undertaken in recent years to learn whether adult-oriented evidence-based treatments for dilated cardiomyopathy are applicable to children.

Background

Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common form of cardiomyopathy in children. The ...

Introduction

Disease Process Nursing Evidence based Practice Nursing Care Plan Conclusion Introduction Congestive Heart Failure is also known as heart failure. This happens when the heart becomes incapable of pumping blood efficiently to all organs in the body. Diagnosis is through physical examination. Patients often manifest with shortness of breath upon exertion and swelling in the both legs. Confirmation of the diagnosis is through echocardiographic evaluation. On many occasion congestive cardiac failure could be secondary to hypertension, type 11 diabetes or kidney disease (Goldman, 2011). Essentially, the significance of heart failure relates to ischemic ...

- Abstract Cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure are some of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity with Australia being one of the country’s most greatly affected (McLean, Esclick & Coats, 2006). An area of interest in the pathology of heart failure is the significance that polymorphisms of adrenergic receptor genes have on the outcomes of patients with heart failure. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs that occur in the genes that encode for adrenergic receptors are known to have various physiological and functional consequences. Specifically, the β1-adrenergic receptors have a crucial role in the regulation of heart rate and ...

The beginning of the treatment would aim for the survival of the patient by resolving his breathing issue and pulmonary edema caused by cardiomyopathy. Diuretics would be used in low doses to manage the edema, and the treatment would include loop or potassium sparing diuretics because thiazide diuretics are often ineffective in elderly patients with heart failure (Davies, Gibbs, & Lip, 2000). Once the edema are alleviated, the treatment would switch to ACE inhibitors because previous studies showed they decreased mortality and morbidity rates in all stages of heart failure (Davies et al., 2000). As a general rule, the initial ...

Cardiomyopathy is the measurable impairment of the myocardium function for any cause, normally causing heart failure. Cardiomyopathy is commonly associated with signs such as dyspnea also referred to as shortness of breath, and legs swelling also referred to as peripheral edema. Persons suffering from cardiomyopathy are usually at risk of severe kinds of irregular heart beat as well as rapid cardiac death (Kasper). There are several types of Cardiomyopathy including dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic, restrictive, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, among others. Dilated cardiomyopathy is the commonest type of cardiomyopathy that, in most cases, affects grownups between the ages of ...

Usually easy for someone to go on line and get the definition of a medical term. Sometimes however, as in the case of cystoscopy below, even a site with as large a dictionary of medical terms may not have the definition of a particular word or term. In that event, it is important to understand how these terms are made of a combination of roots, suffixes and prefixes: Cardiomyopathy - Disease of the heart muscle (myocardium). . It is made of a combination of ‘cardio’ relating to the heart, ‘myo’ a prefix denoting a relationship to muscle. and pathy indicating disease. Gastroparesis - A disease of ...

It simply feels great when our dreams turn into reality. I had always dreamt of becoming a physician. I have covered a long journey from my dreams to this medical field and have experience of working with Heart Failure/ Transplant clinics at Stanford. I have exposure to cardiomyopathy as well as to pathology by undergoing clinical and cardiac MR training. It feels great when you know that you can bring change in somebody’s life and relieve them from pain. In order to make myself more equipped for it, I have always tried to enrich myself with further knowledge so that ...