Mitral Valve Prolapse Mitral Valve Prolapse is a common heart valve abnormality and is the cause of mitral regurgitation. The flaps of the valve are “floppy” and don’t close tightly allowing the blood to flow backward in your heart. The affect is that blood can’t move through the heart or to the rest of your body as efficiently, making you feel tired and out of breath. History of Mitral Valve Prolapse The condition was first described by John Brereton Barlow in 1966, a world renowned South African
otentially be a candidate for a mitral valve clip. Mitral clip procedure is performed for patients with mitral valve prolapse. The mitral valve has two sail like structures called leaflets. When the heart beats these leaflets should close. Mitral valve prolapse is a condition when one or both of the leaflets don’t close properly when the heart contracts. Mitral valve prolapse restricts blood flow from entering the left ventricle from the left atrium. When this happens, oxygenated blood from the lungs
Every year, thousands people get heart valve replacements for various health reasons. There are multiple options for replacement valves that can generally be put into two categories, mechanical and biological. One of the mechanical options from the 1970s and 1980s was the Bjork-Shiley valve, which became infamous because of the controversy surrounding its stress fracture failures. These failures resulted the death of about 400 people, causing the value to be taken off the market. Using various ethical
Adaptive Response Paper It is necessary that as an advanced practice nurse that we are educated on disorders that exist in today’s society. Our knowledge on numerous disorders, will eventually influence our practice in a positive fashion. Being competent in properly diagnosing individuals and providing the correct treatment plan have a tendency to heighten the individual’s outcome. In this assignment three scenarios will be reviewed. After reviewing each scenario, a diagnosis will be constructed
heart valve disease every year (“US Markets for Heart Valves”, 2007). Out of all of the heart valve diseases, “mitral regurgitation is the second most common valvular heart disease” (Baumgartner et al., 2006). This is due to the fact that the mitral valve experiences the most pressure and blood flow compared to the other valves in the heart (“US Markets for Heart Valves”, 2007). The disease occurs when blood leaks back into the left auricle from the left ventricle, which is caused by the mitral valve
According to Abbott, “Mitral Regurgitation is the most common type of heart valve insufficiency in the United States.” The prefered treatment for mitral regurg is with open heart surgery to replace the insufficient valve. However for many patients, surgery is not an option due to their age, and underlying health conditions. Doctors started to look for a new way to help treat patients with mitral regurg. One that could be performed non invasively, without surgery. Thus the mitraclip was born! To
The murmur is decrescendo shaped. Differential diagnoses: The most likely diagnosis for the cardiac murmur in this horse is aortic insufficiency, as a result of degenerative changes to the aortic valve. In aortic insufficiency, the murmur heard is due to regurgitation through the defective aortic valve. Aortic insufficiency presents clinically with a holodiastolic decrescendo murmur, with maximal intensity over the aortic valve7, as is heard in this case. Holodiastolic means that the murmur is occurring
As an individual thinks about the heart they may not fully understand the amount of work that the heart does in order to keep the blood flowing throughout the body. The heart is made up of four chambers and two pumps. The top half of the heart is made up of a right and left atrium while the bottom portion of the heart is made up of a right and left ventricle. The right side of the heart pumps blood throughout the pulmonary circuit which supplies blood to the lungs. While the left side of the heart
The heart is crucial to all walks of life and although the heart is approximately the size of a fist, it plays a vital role in life. The heart is broken down into four chambers, four valves, and different arteries and veins along with it. The atrium are located on the upper half of the heart, known as the right and left atria. On the bottom half of the heart, the chambers are known as the right and left ventricles. The atria work together simultaneously and then the ventricles will work in a synchronized
chest wall, "lab" "dap". The first sound can be described as soft, but resonant, and longer then the second one. This sound is associated with the closure of AV valves (atrioventricular valves) at the beginning of systole. The second sound is louder and sharp. It is associated with closure of the pulmonary and aortic valves (semilunar valves) at the beginning of diastole. There is a pause between the each set of sounds. It is a period of total heat relaxation called quiescent period. Q.2 Which structures
pulmonary vein takes the blood out of the heart and takes it to the lungs. Today we will talk about many different parts of the heart: The Three Layers of Muscle, Atriums, Ventricles, Systole and Diastole, Treatments for the Heart, Valves, and many Diseases. The heart has three layers of a muscular wall. A thin layer of tissue, the pericardium covers the outside, and another layer, the endocardium, lines the inside. The myocardium is the middle layer and is the biggest
Marfan syndrome is a primarily an autosomal dominant disorder that affects 1 in 5000 people worldwide. Marfan syndrome is connective tissue disorder that results in a mutation in the Fibrillin 1 gene. The life expectancy of an individual with Marfan syndrome is close to normal with early detection, but Marfan syndrome still remains underestimated due in large part to characteristics similarities that are common in general public. This is compounded by the 25 percent of individuals with a new gene
Civil War soldiers which consequently led the syndrome to be named as a “soldier’s heart” (Johnson et al., 2010, as cited in Garland et al., 2015, p. 61). As the literature on this condition grew, it came to be also known as Da Costa syndrome, mitral valve prolapse syndrome, neurocirculatory asthenia, anxiety neurosis, effort syndrome and orthostatic intolerance (Raj, 2006; Thanavaro & Thanavaro, 2011). It was in 1993 that the official nomenclature was coined by a team of researchers from the Mayo Clinic
EhlersDanlos Syndrome Ehlers-Danlos sydrome (EDS) is a rare inherited group of connective tissue disorders characterized by defects of the major structural protein in the body (collagen). Collagen is a tough fibrous protein that plays an essential role in binding, holding together, strengthening, and providing elasticity to bodily cells and tissues. There are six major types of EDS that I will discuss, however I will only go into detailed discussion on two of the six types of EDS. The two major
A disease that results from a change to an individual's DNA is classified as a genetic disorder. The change can be very small such as a single mutation in a particular gene or complex like the addition or removal of a complete chromosome. An instance of a genetic disorder that affects a particular gene is Marfan syndrome. Marfan syndrome is an inherited disorder which alters the connective tissue in the body (Frey R, Sims J, 2010). Individuals with this disorder are affected in multiple areas because
spectrum disorder. Autism typically affects social interaction and communication skills in individuals with Fragile X Syndrome. About half of the male population with Fragile X syndrome has a heart murmur due to an improperly closed valve, a condition called mitral valve prolapse. Seizures, lazy eye, hernias, joint problems, depression, dysplasia, scoliosis, and flat feet are other complications and medical issues that may affect Fragile X individuals. Medical check-ups should be regular, as this can prevent
What if you woke up every morning with a feeling of dread about getting through the day? What if you were constantly in a state of worry? What if you had spontaneous, uncontrollable panic attacks throughout the day? What if you uncontrollably washed your hands to the point where they bled and cracked? What if you had an anxiety disorder? Anxiety is the most common illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults over the age of 18; that counts for 18% of the U.S. population. However, 22.8% of those
Proposed Methods of Treatment The type of treatment in any case ultimately depends on what the condition is and what will work for the patient. In order to determine what is necessary, a therapist must conduct a thorough evaluation to determine if the patient is indeed suffering from any mental health conditions. If there sufficient information to make a diagnosis, the therapist must establish what type of disorder it is so they will know how to treat it. In addition, the therapist should inquire
The major motion picture American Sniper was released December 24, 2014. It is based on the true story of the life of the United States Navy Seal Chris Kyle. Based on symptoms shown in the movie and the criteria set by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition, Chris Kyle would be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, which the movie accurately displays. Various forms of treatments were presented in the movie and more exist outside of those for individuals who
Sports related cardiac deaths are very sudden and most scientists don’t know why they occur, but researchers are conducting many studies to try to determine the exact cause. What happens when an athlete that is in the best of physical health suffers a sudden cardiac death? The sudden death leaves the community, team, and family shocked and devastated and looking for answers. There has been many studies done trying to determine why athletes suffer sudden cardiac arrest. Although sudden cardiac deaths