A 60-year-old woman comes to her physician for routine check…
A 60-year-old woman comes to her physician for routine checkup. She has a history of MI 7 years previously but currently has no complaints or symptoms. She undergoes an echocardiogram. Which measurement would be the best index of preload in this woman?
Read DetailsThe pressure in a capillary in skeletal muscle is 35 mm Hg a…
The pressure in a capillary in skeletal muscle is 35 mm Hg at the arteriolar end and 14 mm Hg at the venular end. The interstitial pressure is 0 mmHg. The colloid osmotic pressure is 25mm Hg in the capillary and 1 mm Hg in the interstitium. The net force producing fluid movement across the capillary wall at its arteriolar end is.
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An older patient who had previously recovered from a heart attack was experiencing slight chest discomfort, dizziness, palpitations, and shortness of breath. He was taken to the emergency room via ambulance where an electrocardiogram (ECG) showed increased heart rate (>100 beats/min) and a long QRS (>0.12 s). He was diagnosed with wide complex tachycardia with a ventricular origin and properly treated. Which part of his ECG corresponds to ventricular repolarization?
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