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Cardiac nursing is a nursing specialty that works with patients who suffer from various conditions of the cardiovascular system.Cardiac nurses help treat conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction and cardiac dysrhythmia under the direction of a cardiologist.
Edmund Hiram Sonnenblick (December 7, 1932 – September 22, 2007) was an American medical researcher and cardiologist.His studies of the function of cardiac muscle cells during the 1960s shaped the basis of both cardiovascular physiology and the modern treatment of cardiovascular disease, [1] [2] making possible the development of ACE inhibitors. [1]
The book has been described as a "widely read textbook of cardiology", [3] and a "standard reference" work. [4] According to The New York Times , Hurst's The Heart has become one of the most widely used medical textbooks in the world.
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the sum of activity and interventions required to ensure the best possible physical, mental, and social conditions so that patients with chronic or post-acute cardiovascular disease may, by their own efforts, preserve or resume their proper place in society and lead an active life". [1]
Barbara N. Horowitz, M.D., (also known as Barbara Natterson-Horowitz) is a cardiologist, academic and author.She is a professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) [1] and a visiting professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and has been on the faculty of Harvard Medical School since 2020. [2]
His work was extremely influential in the ongoing research of Dr. Robert H. Bayley at the University of Oklahoma towards the understanding of the biophysical principles of electrocardiology. Dr Wilson had the finest of minds and an amazing ability to reduce difficult problems to their fundamentals.
Cardiac physiology or heart function is the study of healthy, unimpaired function of the heart: involving blood flow; myocardium structure; the electrical conduction system of the heart; the cardiac cycle and cardiac output and how these interact and depend on one another.
Pulse pressure is calculated as the difference between the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure. [3] [4]The systemic pulse pressure is approximately proportional to stroke volume, or the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle during systole (pump action) and inversely proportional to the compliance (similar to elasticity) of the aorta.