Case 1. W. C., a 56-year-old man, was transferred to the hospital for convalescent hospital care. He was a highway-department maintenance worker, and his duties had included pick and shovel work as ...

Your heart is divided into a left and a right side. The right side of your heart pumps blood to your lungs to receive oxygen. The left side pumps the oxygenated blood to the rest of your body. Right ...

Overview Examination and Palpation of the Apical Impulse (Point of Maximal Impulse) Palpation Percussing the Cardiac Silhouette Special Maneuvers Examination and Palpation of the Apical Impulse (Point ...

Background A 77-year-old man presented with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and cardiogenic shock. In the coronary care unit, the patient was initially ...

A ventricular resection is a type of surgery that removes scar tissue or a tumor from a heart chamber to restore function. Often, a reconstruction or repair procedure follows this. The heart has four ...

In the present case a subvalvular annular aneurysm of the left ventricle was discovered in a five-year-old white boy fifteen months after severe precordial trauma. The aneurysm was repaired with the ...