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Decks in this class (21)

Local Regulation Of Blood Flow
How is blood flow regulated,
Four physical determinants of blo...,
Most important element of blood flow
17  cards
Hypertension pharmacology
3 key factors determining blood m...,
How to calculate flow,
What does resistance depend on
59  cards
Cardiac cycle
What is an arterial line,
How to calculate map,
How to perform cardiac catheteris...
17  cards
Surface anatomy of mediastinum and heart
What is the mediastinum,
Subdivisions of mediastinum,
Contents of mediastinum
20  cards
Living with cardiac disease
What is lay epidemiology,
What is prevention paradox,
Characteristics of cardiac disease
9  cards
Coronary circulation
What do coronary arteries do,
What do cardiac veins do,
Where does circumflex artery come...
25  cards
Development of the heart and great vessels
Where do heart tubes develop from,
Overview of week 4 of development,
What happens between weeks 5 and 8
24  cards
Electricity and the heart
3 types of muscle,
Na extra and intra cellular,
Ca2 extra and intra cellular
50  cards
Cardiac structure and function
What are the four layers of the h...,
Pericarditis,
Excitation contraction coupling
15  cards
Cardiovascular genetics
Common cardiac disease with downs...,
Common cardiac disease with turne...,
Common cardiac defect with missin...
25  cards
Atheroma formation
Un modifiable risk factors for at...,
Modifiable risk factors for atheroma,
Pathogenesis of atheroma
27  cards
Compartments of the neck
Level of hyoid bone,
Level of thyroid notch,
Level of cricoid cartilage
26  cards
Azygos venous system and great vessels of the neck
What does the aortic arch divide ...,
Where do the common carotid arter...,
Internal carotid arteries charact...
17  cards
Anaemia (Fe absorption, B12, folate)
Mean cell volume,
Mean corpuscular volume,
Haematocrit
22  cards
Assessing cardiac function
Functions of the heart,
How to calculate stroke volume,
How to calculate cardiac output
23  cards
Diabetes, aortic aneurysm and cancer screening
Health screenings,
Screening,
Prevalence
15  cards
Imagine of the heart
Advantages of chest x ray,
Disadvantages of chest x ray,
Cardiac failure
12  cards
Symptom perception, illness and behaviour
What is disease,
What is illness,
Sensation
17  cards
Ion channels and transporters in the heart
2 types of cells in the heart,
Cardiac contractile cells,
Autorhymic cells
9  cards
ROS, ischemia and apoptosis
How are ros made,
Superoxide radical,
Hydroxyl radicals
26  cards
Heart dissection
Clamshell surgery,
Kerley b lines,
Pericarditis
12  cards

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