Does the heart rate change with age? Yes, the heart rate change with age is progressive, but downwards. Heart rate decreases as the baby grows up. This probably
Does open heart surgery affect memory? Cognitive dysfunction (loss of intellectual functions such as thinking, memory, and reasoning) has been reported to occur following open heart surgery under
Does everyone with heart murmur require an operation? Heart murmur occurs when there is turbulent blood flow. Innocent murmurs are quite common in children due to the high
Does an ECG rule out all cardiac problems? Obviously no. ECG is the recording of the electrical activity of the heart. Only those disorders which have produced an
Cardiovascular system The cardiovascular system (cardio = related to the heart, vascular = related to the blood vessels) is composed of heart, blood vessels and the cells and
Cardiovascular response to exercise Heart rate increases steadily with exercise. The maximum predicted heart rate for an individual is 220-age. Stroke volume increases slightly due to sympathetic stimulation
Cardiac only resuscitation (COR) Cardiac only resuscitation (COR) is giving chest compressions alone without mouth to mouth respiration to a person in cardiac arrest. Conventional CPR (cardiopulmonry resuscitation)
Can you stop your heart by breath holding? Heart is not under voluntary control. So you cant stop it voluntarily. When you hold your breath and strain, heart beats
Can you open up narrowed heart valves without surgery? Heart Valves There are four heart valves normally. The mitral valve or bicuspid valve separates the left atrium(upper chamber)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – Family screening Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disease characterized by progressive thickening of heart muscle. Fifty percent of first degree relatives (father, mother, brother, sister,