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The most common cause of blunt cardiac injury (BCI) is due to motor vehicle collisions. [4] In evaluating causes for BCI, it is important to understand how the heart is situated within the thorax. It is protected to a certain degree by bony structures like the sternum, ribs and spine, thereby offering it significant protection and thus ...
Ischemic preconditioning of the heart (B) provides functional recovery of the heart contractile activity at reperfusion. If the blood supply to an organ or a tissue is impaired for a short time (usually less than five minutes) then restored so that blood flow is resumed, and the process repeated two or more times, the cells downstream of the tissue or organ are robustly protected from a final ...
Cardioprotection encompasses several regimens that have shown to preserve function and viability of cardiac muscle cell tissue subjected to ischemic insult or reoxygenation. Cardioprotection includes strategies that are implemented before an ischemic event ( preconditioning , PC), during an ischemic event (perconditioning, PerC) and after the ...
During a protected percutaneous coronary intervention (Protected PCI) procedure, "the Impella 2.5 heart pump helps maintain a stable heart function by pumping blood for the heart. This gives a weak heart muscle an opportunity to rest and reduces the heart’s workload, preventing the heart from being overstressed by the procedure as coronary ...
Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is an experimental medical procedure that aims to reduce the severity of ischaemic injury to an organ such as the heart or the brain, most commonly in the situation of a heart attack or a stroke, or during procedures such as heart surgery when the heart may temporary suffer ischaemia during the operation, by triggering the body's natural protection against ...
The results of a recent study suggest that a higher body roundness index (BRI) may increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. BMI vs. BRI: Why body roundness may be a better indicator ...
High mortality rates due to cardiac injury though, made surgeons to look on how to protect the heart. In 1955 D.G. Melrose suggested ‘’elective cardiac arrest’’, a technique already used for other purposes, in order to protect the heart from ischemia- since cardiac muscle is not working, oxygen demands should be low. In the 1960’s ...
When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. The roughly $50,000 leg with the electronically controlled ...