Introduction Cardiac arrest is a commonly known serious health condition particularly in the western world as the heart ceases to beat causing various complications; such as sudden cardiac death (Pruthi, 2018). Cardiac arrest is a serious health issue that causes abruption in the heart function,…
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It is 0300 hours and you and your company have not had a single call all night… suddenly, the tones drop. You are dispatched to an unknown aged subject not conscious and not breathing. Dispatch is working on getting the caller to start CPR and…
Coronary artery disease is one of the many forms of cardiovascular disease. It is a serious condition in which blood does not properly circulate through the blood vessels that carry oxygen to the heart muscle, the coronary arteries. It presents a significant burden in the…
Dilated Cardiomyopathy: the Mechanisms and Genes Behind the Disease Dilated
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Cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a disorder that can cause sudden death, as well as heart failure. 1 out of 2500, are affected by DCM (Zhao et al 1). It is centralized to the left ventricle in most cases and symptoms of this disease produce an enlargement…
Determining Survival and Death Rates for Patients with Heart Illnesses
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The heart is an organ in animals, including human beings that acts as a pumping mechanism for blood around the body, through veins and arteries. The heart and the blood vessels together form the cardiovascular or circulatory system. Cardiovascular diseases refers to the diseases and…
Advancements in Engineering Techniques for Myocardial Tissue Regeneration
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The number of people affected by cardiac problems every year is rising globally and one of the many actions taken to address this broad concern is employing tissue engineering techniques for cardiac tissue repair and regeneration. Although, there are limitations in the ability of human…
Have you ever wondered if the words ‘heart’ and ‘mind’ are the same in terms of expression and can be used interchangeably or they are two worlds apart? First I want you to understand that heart I speak of is not that which pumps blood…
In this section, the core values of the associated stakeholders regarding the development of smart pacemakers are going to be discussed. An analysis of their expectations and interests will take place. as an attempt to illustrate their perspective. The major actors who are affected by…
Heart Transplant Heart transplant is the surgeries that are done to the patients who suffer from the condition where the heart is damaged or the patients have failed from all the optional treatments and the condition is in the last stage failure. The operation involves…
An Ethical Discussion on Amish Family Care for Children with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a critical congenital heart defect. Treatments for health issues associated with HLHS are medications to strength the heart muscle and lower the blood pressure, high calories formula or feeding tube because infants tend to get extremely tired while feeding,…
Pillaging Treasure Presented as a Civilizing Mission in Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
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What is The Heart of Darkness? In the novella “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad that took place in the late 1890s, the main character’s name is Marlow. He is a sailor, riverboat captain and he is very independent- minded and very dubious of those…
The Nature of “The Horror” in Heart of Darkness It seems Joseph Conrad wanted readers to pity Kurtz. Here was a man described as “a prodigy”, an “emissary of pity, science, and progress”, who allowed himself to be consumed by his lust for power (Conrad…
The greatest gift we have been given is our ability to choose. Everyone is a passenger in this life, who chose which roads to follow on the continuous pathway. Life is not a straight path with a single direction. Maybe the most perplexing road that…
Heart failure (HF) is a chronic condition affecting 2% of the adult population in developing countries (European Society of Cardiology, 2013). Nearly 900,000 people in the United Kingdom are affected (NICE,2014). Cardiac function can be disrupted due to structural or functional abnormalities that impairs the…
Foundation for Biomedical Research: the Changing Course of Heart Disease
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The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) was established in 1981 and is the United States of America’s “most experienced, trusted and effective non-profit [organisation] dedicated to improving human and animal health by promoting public understanding and support for biomedical research.” Together with its partner organisation…