Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty (PBMV) is a procedure to dilated the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. A catheter is inserted into the femoral vein, advanced to the right atrium and across the interatrial septum. Then the mitral valve is crossed with a balloon and it is inflated to relieve the fusion of the mitral valve commissures effectively acting to increase the mitral valve area and reduce the degree of mitral stenosis. Mitral regurgitation is a potential complication and thus PBMV is contraindicated if moderate or severe regurgitation is present. The Wilkins score examines mitral valve morphology and is determined via echocardiography to assess the likelihood of using PBMV based on certain echocardiographic criteria.
Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty (PBMV) is a procedure to dilated the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. A catheter is inserted into the femoral vein, advanced to the right atrium and across the interatrial septum. Then the mitral valve is crossed with a balloon and it is inflated to relieve the fusion of the mitral valve commissures effectively acting to increase the mitral valve area and reduce the degree of mitral stenosis. Mitral regurgitation is a potential complication and thus PBMV is contraindicated if moderate or severe regurgitation is present. The Wilkins score examines mitral valve morphology and is determined via echocardiography to assess the likelihood of using PBMV based on certain echocardiographic criteria.
preop TEE assessment of atrial septal defect is very important for making decision for device closure, properly assessed adequate rims of ASD will reduce risk of device embolization to almost nil.
Single ventricle presentation for pediatricianLaxmi Ghimire
As the number of children who survive single ventricle physiology, it is very important for the pediatrician to understand about them to give them the best care.
A lecture on the echocardiographic evaluation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Starts with an overview of the topic then a systematic approach to diagnosis and then a differential diagnosis followed by take-home messages and conclusion.
Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is an echocardiographic imaging technique that analyzes the motion of tissues in the heart by using the naturally occurring speckle pattern in the myocardium or blood when imaged by ultrasound.
a cardiac surgery presentation about Atrioventricular septal defect,Definition, Prevalence,Anatomy,Classification,presentation ,diagnosis and management
Transposition of Great Arteries;TGA,Firas Aljanadi,MDFIRAS ALJANADI
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preop TEE assessment of atrial septal defect is very important for making decision for device closure, properly assessed adequate rims of ASD will reduce risk of device embolization to almost nil.
Single ventricle presentation for pediatricianLaxmi Ghimire
As the number of children who survive single ventricle physiology, it is very important for the pediatrician to understand about them to give them the best care.
A lecture on the echocardiographic evaluation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Starts with an overview of the topic then a systematic approach to diagnosis and then a differential diagnosis followed by take-home messages and conclusion.
Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is an echocardiographic imaging technique that analyzes the motion of tissues in the heart by using the naturally occurring speckle pattern in the myocardium or blood when imaged by ultrasound.
a cardiac surgery presentation about Atrioventricular septal defect,Definition, Prevalence,Anatomy,Classification,presentation ,diagnosis and management
Transposition of Great Arteries;TGA,Firas Aljanadi,MDFIRAS ALJANADI
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Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart defect, which has four anatomical components:
Anterior malalignment ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Aortic override over the muscular septum
Variable degrees of subvalvar, valvar, and supravalvar pulmonary stenosis
Right ventricular (RV) infundibular narrowing and RV hypertrophy
Most common cyanotic heart defect seen in children beyond infancy, accounting for a third of all congenital heart disease (CHD) in this age group
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart defect, which has four anatomical components:
Anterior malalignment ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Aortic override over the muscular septum
Variable degrees of subvalvar, valvar, and supravalvar pulmonary stenosis
Right ventricular (RV) infundibular narrowing and RV hypertrophy
Ozempic: Preoperative Management of Patients on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Saeid Safari
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micro teaching on communication m.sc nursing.pdfAnurag Sharma
Microteaching is a unique model of practice teaching. It is a viable instrument for the. desired change in the teaching behavior or the behavior potential which, in specified types of real. classroom situations, tends to facilitate the achievement of specified types of objectives.
Acute scrotum is a general term referring to an emergency condition affecting the contents or the wall of the scrotum.
There are a number of conditions that present acutely, predominantly with pain and/or swelling
A careful and detailed history and examination, and in some cases, investigations allow differentiation between these diagnoses. A prompt diagnosis is essential as the patient may require urgent surgical intervention
Testicular torsion refers to twisting of the spermatic cord, causing ischaemia of the testicle.
Testicular torsion results from inadequate fixation of the testis to the tunica vaginalis producing ischemia from reduced arterial inflow and venous outflow obstruction.
The prevalence of testicular torsion in adult patients hospitalized with acute scrotal pain is approximately 25 to 50 percent
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE.pdfAnujkumaranit
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. AI technologies are revolutionizing various fields, from healthcare to finance, by enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
Flu Vaccine Alert in Bangalore Karnatakaaddon Scans
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Dr. Vidisha Kumari, a leading epidemiologist in Bangalore, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated. "The flu vaccine is our best defense against the influenza virus. It not only protects individuals but also helps prevent the spread of the virus in our communities," he says.
This year, the flu season is expected to coincide with a potential increase in other respiratory illnesses. The Karnataka Health Department has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the significance of flu vaccinations. They have set up multiple vaccination centers across Bangalore, making it convenient for residents to receive their shots.
To encourage widespread vaccination, the government is also collaborating with local schools, workplaces, and community centers to facilitate vaccination drives. Special attention is being given to ensuring that the vaccine is accessible to all, including marginalized communities who may have limited access to healthcare.
Residents are reminded that the flu vaccine is safe and effective. Common side effects are mild and may include soreness at the injection site, mild fever, or muscle aches. These side effects are generally short-lived and far less severe than the flu itself.
Healthcare providers are also stressing the importance of continuing COVID-19 precautions. Wearing masks, practicing good hand hygiene, and maintaining social distancing are still crucial, especially in crowded places.
Protect yourself and your loved ones by getting vaccinated. Together, we can help keep Bangalore healthy and safe this flu season. For more information on vaccination centers and schedules, residents can visit the Karnataka Health Department’s official website or follow their social media pages.
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Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
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This includes all relevant anatomy and clinical tests compiled from standard textbooks, Campbell,netter etc..It is comprehensive and best suited for orthopaedicians and orthopaedic residents.
2. DORV is a heterogeneous group of congenital heart defects in which both the aorta and
main pulmonary artery arise entirely or predominately (>50%) from the morphologic
right ventricle .
DORV accounts for 1–5 % of all congenital heart diseases with incidence
of 1 per 10,000 births.
No known racial or gender predilection.
Most cases are sporadic and
No identifiable genetic cause.
3. DORV is the spectrum of conotruncal defects.
Conus: is a circular tube of muscle beneath the valves of each great artery in equal
distribution, creating fibrous discontinuity with the atrioventricular valves.
Normally, the muscle under the aortic valve resorbs whereas the subpulmonary conus
continues to grow.
This therefore produces a right and posterior position of the aortic valve with mitro-
aortic fibrous continuity and Left & anterior position of the pulmonary valve with a
fibrous discontinuity with the tricuspid valve .
In conotruncal defects, there is a spectrum between heart anomaly, in which minimal
conus exists beneath the aorta, as seen in tetralogy of Fallot, and no conus exists under
the pulmonary valve, as with transposition of the great arteries .
4. DORV falls in the middle of the spectrum, that have variable amounts of conus under each
semilunar valve.
One end of spectrum is TOF type DORV:
“TOF type”: Near-normal length of conus beneath the pulmonary valve and minimal conus
beneath the aortic valve. Consequently, there is No aorto-mitral continuity, and the
pulmonary valve is left, anterior and superior.
Other end of spectrum is TGA type DORV:
“Transposition type”: Large amount of conus under the aortic valve with relatively little
under the P-Valve. Aorta is pushed anteriorly and superiorly, resulting in rightward
positioning of the aorta relative to the pulmonary artery. No pulmonary-mitral continuity.
Between the TOF type and TGA type:
There are many variants with bilateral conus that have neither aorto-mitral , nor pulmonary-
mitral continuity and have variable distribution of conal septum.
5.
6. Solitus (Normal)
Inversus
Side by side
D-Malposition
(D-MAG)
Side by side
L-Malposition
(L-MAG)
L-Transposition
(L-TGA/CC-TGA)
D-Transposition
(D-TGA)
Spatial Relationship Of Great Arteries
7. Van Praagh developed the most widely accepted classification of DORV, which included
the following:
• DORV with a subaortic VSD
• DORV with a subpulmonic VSD
• DORV with a doubly committed (both subaortic and subpulmonic) VSD
• DORV with a remote VSD (noncommitted)
8. Type of DORV % of
DORV
case
Subaortic VSD-type
DORV
(tetralogy of Fallot-type)
>50 %
Subpulmonary VSD-type
(k/a Taussig–Bing
anomaly)
30%
Doubly committed VSD-
type
10%
Noncommitted or remote
VSD-type DORV
10%
9. Four types of great artery relationships at the level of the semilunar valves have been
described in DORV:
• Aorta right and posterior to the pulmonary artery (normal)
• Aorta right and lateral to the pulmonary artery (side by side)
• Aorta right and anterior to the pulmonary artery (dextro-malposition)
• Aorta left and anterior to the pulmonary artery (levo-malposition)
10. Sridaromont et al
evaluated
angiographically 72
patients with proven
DORV and identified 16
possible combinations.
•1st MC : Subaortic VSD (68%) subaortic VSD with side-by-side great vessels (46%) subaortic VSD
with dextromalposition of the great vessels (right anterior aorta) (16%).
• 2nd MC: Subpulmonary VSDs usually with dextro-malposition of the great vessels (10%)
subpulmonary VSD with side-by-side great vessels (8%) .
1st MC
1st MC 2nd MC
MC
11. Sridaromont et al
evaluated
angiographically 72
patients with proven
DORV and identified 16
possible combinations.
• Doubly committed VSDs (3%)VSD is usually large and in the superior position, closely
related to both semilunar valves.
• Remote or noncommitted VSD (7%) with muscular VSD.
12. Pulmonary Stenosis (PS) is the most common lesion associated with DORV.
Occurs in ~50% of patients and may be valvular or subvalvar.
Secundum-ASD are seen in 25% of all types, whereas primum-ASD are seen in the 8% of
DORV patients .
Coronary arterial anomalies occur in about 10% of patients—most commonly
anomalous origin of the LAD from the RCA. It is of surgical importance, because they
may alter considerations for surgical repair due to their effect on feasibility of conduit
placement or coronary arterial transfer .
Associated aortic arch coarctation, hypoplasia, or interruption—also found in about 10%
of patients.
Rarely, the VSD will be absent, and it is accompanied by a small ASD and hypoplasia of
the mitral valve and hypoplastic left ventricle .
13. > 50 % of DORV cases .
Great arteries spatial relationship : Maintained, Aortic origin posterior and to the right
of the pulmonary origin .
Pulmonary stenosis is present in up to 50 % of patients. In these patients, the
physiology resembles that of tetralogy of Fallot, where the aorta completely overrides
the right ventricle.
In the absence of pulmonary stenosis, the physiology resembles that of a large isolated
VSD . This anatomy may result in congestive heart failure.
Subaortic VSD is associated with L-transposition of the great arteries and an
anomalous course of the right coronary artery, which crosses the pulmonary outflow
tract.
14. c) Aorta and the PA are arising from the RV.
Most of the ventricular outflow is directed toward the
aorta, which is larger than the pulmonary artery
a). Great arteries
spatial relationship :
Maintained.
Aorta posterior and
right to the pulmonary
artery
b) Large VSD (arrow).
15. 30 % of patients with DORV .
The left ventricular outflow is directed toward the pulmonary artery, resulting in
pulmonary artery saturations greater than aortic saturations.
The great artery relationship is transposed . The aortic and pulmonary origins have
either a parallel arrangement (positioned side by side) or the aorta is to the right and slightly
anterior to the pulmonary artery (D-Malposition) .
In the absence of pulmonary stenosis, the physiology is similar to that of transposition of
the great arteries (TGA).
If there is associated pulmonary stenosis, the physiology is similar to that of tetralogy of
Fallot (TOF).
It is associated with subaortic stenosis, aortic arch obstruction (aortic coarctation and
interrupted aortic arch), straddling and cleft mitral valves.
16. a) Aorta and PA in a parallel arrangement (positioned side by side).
b) Aorta and PA are arising from the RV.
Most of the ventricular outflow is directed toward the pulmonary artery
17. a) Aorta anterior and right to the PA (D-transposition).
b/c) Aorta and PA are arising from the dilated RV.
(c) Very large VSD.
18. 10 % of cases of DORV.
The left ventricular outflow is equally directed to the aorta and pulmonary artery.
The great arteries are normally related .
Since the left ventricular outflow is equally shared by the aorta and pulmonary
artery, the pathophysiology resembles that of a VSD.
4. Non-committed or remote VSD-type DORV
10 % of DORV cases.
Most commonly the great arteries are normally related .
The anatomy and physiology is similar to that of an isolated VSD .
19. Patients present by age range 1 day–4 years.
Presentation is variable and is dependent on the type of DORV and associated cardiac
anomalies.
DORV with subaortic VSD +PS (TOF type):
C/F indistinguishible from classic Tetrology of Fallot.
Cyanosis develops and progresses during the early month of life..
Hypoxic spell may occur.
20. DORV with subaortic VSD without PS:
In absence of PS Increased flow to pulmonary circulation PAH.
C/F resembles that of large isolated VSD.
DORV with subpulmonary VSD ( Taussing Bing malformation):
C/F similar as TGA with VSD.
Cyanosis in newborn.
Early development of Heart failure.
Increasing breathlessness, poor feeding and slow weight gain are prominent feature.
Associated coarctation of aorta is frequent and leads to early (1st week of life) onset of HF.
21. Most patients with DORV are diagnosed in the first month of life and undergo
Palliative repair (pulmonary artery banding or Blalock–Taussig shunt) or Surgical repair.
The surgical interventions depend on the location of the VSD, the size of the left ventricle,
type of ventriculo-arterial connection, and the type of pulmonary blood flow (restricted on
unrestricted) .
Definitive repairs vary and include :
Arterial switch operation to connect the left ventricle to the neo-aorta in combination with
VSD closure. The subpulmonic or “Taussig–Bing” anomaly with physiology similar to
transposition may be treated with an arterial switch operation.
Bidirectional Glenn shunt (superior vena cava to pulmonary artery) .
Intraventricular repair: for the subaortic and doubly committed VSDs .
Fontan procedure: For directing the systemic flow of venous blood to the lungs without
passing through a ventricle.
22. Fig: Original Fontan procedure,
SVC was connected to the RPA and the
RA to MPA.
Fig: Modified Fontan procedure.
RA was connected to MPA.
25. Potential complications after surgical repair include :
Residual or recurrent VSD,
Residual or recurrent outflow tract obstructions,
Atrioventricular valve regurgitation
stenosis/narrowing of the Glenn shunt or Fontan procedure.