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Junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) is a rare syndrome of the heart that manifests in patients recovering from heart surgery. [1] It is characterized by cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular beating of the heart, caused by abnormal conduction from or through the atrioventricular node (AV node).
After surgery (postoperative nausea and vomiting) Disagreeable sights or disgust, smells, tastes, sounds or thoughts (such as decayed matter, others' vomit, thinking of vomiting), etc. Extreme pain, such as an intense headache or myocardial infarction (heart attack) Extreme emotions
after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) after cardiac surgery 'neurogenic' stunned myocardium following an acute cerebrovascular event such as a subarachnoid hemorrhage; in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, chronic myocardial stunning may lead to heart failure
Newborn heart with HRHS, note the underdeveloped left side. When the right side of the heart is more underdeveloped than the left side, this is known as hypoplastic right heart syndrome. HRHS is known for the pulmonary valve, the tricuspid valve, right ventricle, and the pulmonary artery all failing to form properly. HRHS also causes the right ...
Symptoms of an irregular heart rhythm can include palpitations and chest discomfort. [2] The timecourse of TIC is most well-studied in experiments on animals. [1] Researchers have found that animals began to exhibit abnormal changes in blood flow after just one day of an artificially generated fast heart rate (designed to simulate a ...
Anorexia is a medical term for a loss of appetite.While the term outside of the scientific literature is often used interchangeably with anorexia nervosa, many possible causes exist for a loss of appetite, some of which may be harmless, while others indicate a serious clinical condition or pose a significant risk.
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The symptoms of TR depend on its severity. Severe TR causes right-sided heart failure, with the development of ascites and peripheral edema. [1] In severe cases of right heart failure due to TR, venous congestion of the kidneys and liver may lead to cardiorenal syndrome (kidney failure secondary to heart failure) and cardiohepatic syndromes (liver failure secondary to heart failure ...