Aspirin is the most common medicine to take as antiplatelet therapy. However, there are several other medications that your doctor can prescribe. Invasive therapy. You may need to have a procedure done to increase your body’s ability to move blood through your heart, such as cardiac ...
A cardiac arrest is the same as death. It's just semantics. After a gunshot wound, if the person hemorrhages sufficiently, then the heart stops beating and they die. The social perception of death is that you have reached a point from which you can never come back, but medically speaking...
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused primarily by pathogenic loss-of-function variants on the X-linked MECP2gene [1]. It is a rare disorder that affects approximately 1 in 9000 liveborn females [2]. The incidence of males with loss-of-function MECP2 variants, who ...
If you're already at a higher risk of bleeding, the benefit of aspirin may be negated by the risks to you. The best way to figure out the individual balance of risks and benefits of aspirin is to discuss it with your doctor. By going over your unique risks of having a cardiac event...
There is a paucity of evidence, as advanced age is a criterion for exclusion in most randomized controlled trials. Conventional models of risk following cardiac surgery are not calibrated to accurately predict the outcomes in the elderly and do not currently include frailty parameters. There is no...
Autonomic nervous system: The autonomic nervous system is the automatic or involuntary system. It innervates internal organs and affects cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glandular epithelium (cells that form glands, organs that produce substances, such as hormones, milk, sweat, and tears). [2]...
Avoid Driving: Driving is not advised for at least a week after the surgery. To avoid the risk of having another cardiac issue, take the back seat till you get the green light from your doctor. Quit Smoking: One of the best things to do for your heart after an angioplasty is to give...
Both skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue 2. What is rigor mortis? Rigor mortis is a condition where the muscles of a deceased person become stiff and rigid Rigor mortis is a condition where the muscles of a deceased person become soft and flaccid Rigor mortis is a conditio...
With larger devices, the energy & voltage present at the terminals due to this process can be sufficient to cause injury directly (burns or cardiac arrest are two possibilities) or indirectly as a result of involuntary reactions to electric shock. Dependence of ___ on ___ In the first...
(1997) Major benefit from antiplatelet therapy for patients at high risk for adverse cardiac events after coronary Palmaz-Schatz stent placement: analysis of a prospective risk stratification protocol in the Intracoronary Stenting and Antithrombotic Regimen (ISAR) trial. Circulation 95:2015–21. Article...