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Monday, February 22, 2010
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute MI
Any degree of myocardial necrosis caused by myocardial ischemia and detected using a sensitive and specific preferred biomarker, such as cardiac troponin.
Acute Myocardial Infarction
=Annual incidence in US: 900,000
=Mortality: 225,000
=Pre-admission mortality: 125,000
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Congestive Heart Failure
http://www.slideworld.org/slidestag.aspx/physiology
Objectives
Review cardiac physiology and pathophysiology of CHF
Early recognition of CHF
Management of CHF
Use of CPAP
Terminology
Heart Failure: The inability of the heart to maintain an output adequate to maintain the metabolic demands of the body.
Pulmonary Edema: An abnormal accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
CHF with Acute Pulmonary Edema: Pulmonary Edema due to Heart Failure (Cardiogenic...
Stem Cell Therapy: Clinical Results
Stem cell therapy
stem cells =are primitive cells=can renew themselves=can develop into different cell types=have the potential to become more differentiated cells
Embryonic stem cells
=derived from the early embryo=are totipotent (can differentiate into all cell types of all organs)=used to create gene knockout (KO) animal models for CVD study
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