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Progressive loss of heart muscle cells leads to eventual heart failure. [9] There has been increased research into the "toxic hormonal environment" that generates in late pregnancy as a contributor to the development of PPCM. Prolactin levels increase during late pregnancy and in the six weeks following birth. The 16 kilodalton N-terminal ...
A mammary souffle is a maternal cardiac murmur heard over the breasts. [citation needed] A mammary souffle is present in late pregnancy or during lactation. [4] It is a benign continuous heart sound, which disappear after lactation. It's supposed to arise from superficial arteries supplying the lactating breast and for that reason called a ...
Hypokalemia is a low level of potassium (K +) in the blood serum. [1] Mild low potassium does not typically cause symptoms. [3] Symptoms may include feeling tired, leg cramps, weakness, and constipation. [1] Low potassium also increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm, which is often too slow and can cause cardiac arrest. [1] [3]
The step lengthens as the pregnancy progresses, due to weight gain and changes in posture. On average, a woman's foot can grow by a half size or more during pregnancy. In addition, the increased body weight of pregnancy, fluid retention, and weight gain lowers the arches of the foot, further adding to the foot's length and width.
systolic heart murmur similar to pericardial rub Mees' lines: R.A. Mees: toxicology: arsenic or heavy metal poisoning: transverse white lines across the nails Meigs' syndrome: Joe Vincent Meigs: gynecology: ascites with hydrothorax: Meigs' syndrome: the history of the eponym: Triad of ascites, hydrothorax and benign ovarian tumor Mellinghoff's sign
Episodes of bluish color to the skin, difficulty breathing, heart murmur, finger clubbing [2] Complications: Irregular heart rate, pulmonary regurgitation [3] Usual onset: From birth [4] Causes: Unknown [5] Risk factors: Alcohol, diabetes, >40, rubella during pregnancy [5] Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms, echocardiogram [6] Differential ...
Heart murmurs are unique heart sounds produced when blood flows across a heart valve or blood vessel. [1] This occurs when turbulent blood flow creates a sound loud enough to hear with a stethoscope. [2] The sound differs from normal heart sounds by their characteristics. For example, heart murmurs may have a distinct pitch, duration and timing.
As a result, the muscle cannot contract efficiently (paralysis). The condition is hypokalemic (manifests when potassium is low; not "causing hypokalemia") because a low extracellular potassium ion concentration will cause the muscle to repolarise to the resting potential more quickly, so even if calcium conductance does occur it cannot be ...