Essays on Echocardiogram

Lead placement during an echo

During echocardiography, the leads placement occurs at different positions of the body. The leads during the process are placed depending on the type of echo that is supposed to be conducted on the person. In relation to this, there are two different types of echocardiograms among the usual four that are conducted to a person. These types of echocardiograms are transthoracic echocardiogram and transesophageal echocardiogram.

On one hand, during the transthoracic echocardiogram, an echocardiographer places the leads or transducers on the back of the chest and on the wall of the chest (Leeson 56). The position of the leads ...

Barrel chest is used to refer to a rounded protruding chest that looks like a barrel. Barrel chest is not a disease per se, but it might reflect an underlying condition. Barrel chest relates to osteoarthritis, arthritis can harden the joints where the ribs fix to the spine. The ribs become attached in their most extended position. This is what causes the barrel shape of the chest. Barrel chest may also occur when the lungs are chronically overinflated with air, such that the rib cage assumes the extended position. Barrel chest is itself not treated, but the underlying disease emphysema is treated ( ...

Cadburyoma: A chocoholoma syndrome

Maria suffers from a rare syndrome termed Cadburyoma. It is a disease caused by consumtion of cadburo disease. It initially affects the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system of the body. Further on when the disease reaches its peak level, neuronal problems arise. Cadburyoma is seen in both males and females and is more prevalent in urban lifestyle.

History

It was first coined by a Lyndon F, a scientist working in the Ohio state university. He observed that patients with Cadburyoma had various cardiovascular problems. He noticed that these patients suffered from varied ailments in the cardiovascular system which included: arrhythmia, angina pectoris, hematoma, valvulitis and ...

After decades of uncontrolled hypertension, Ms. Griffin was diagnosed with left-sided heart failure. Although her heart failure was diagnosed eight years ago, she is currently in nursing care and cannot move from the bed or wheelchair because angina and dyspnea episodes often occur even during periods of rest. Over the past 2 years, she has been losing weight and is currently at 93 pounds, which is a 58 percent reduction compared to her previous weight of 160 pounds, so a percutaneous esophageal gastronomy (PEG) tube was inserted in her. According to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification system, ...

Ms. Griffin was diagnosed with left-sided heart failure 8 years ago related to decades of uncontrolled hypertension. She is in skilled nursing care on oxygen by nasal cannula 24 hours a day. Ms. Griffin remains in bed or in a wheelchair because she has episodes of angina and dyspnea even at rest. Her weight has dropped from 160 pounds to 93 pounds over the past 2 years. Recently she had a “PEG” (percutaneous esophageal gastrostomy) feeding tube inserted. 1. Explain Ms. Griffin’s classification of heart failure according to the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. Ms. Griffin’s classification ...

I am Ghada Aldossary, a 35 years-old Echocardiogram Technologist of Saudi Arabian descent. I am married with four kids. I graduated from Dammam College in 1999 with Chemistry major. I always thought that chemistry major would quickly get me a placement but after graduation it dawned on me that there were overly many graduates with chemistry major who yet to get employed. I did not find a good offer until I heard that one of our best Hospitals in Eastern province was seeking Electrocardiogram Technician. The hospital, Aramco Hospital as it is called, is located in Dhahran on the eastern coast of ...

Literature Review

Physicians always encounter innumerable number of patients with chest pains every day. The cause of these chest pains cannot always be pinpointed to a single health factor. However, veritably a good percentage of these chest pain cases are traced to a wide range of heart diseases. Acute Coronary Syndrome is one such heart disease that has been found to be a possible causation of the chest pains that are incessantly encountered by physicians. Commonly abbreviated as ACS, Acute Coronary Syndrome results in the blockage of some parts or the heart’s entire coronary arteries.

Definition

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is a cardiac condition with an ...