HK 4550 Study Guide - Final Guide: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Aortic Valve, Switch

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: HK 4550
• Professor: Jeremy Simpson

Document Summary

Abiocar- artifical heart- roll pump that has no heart beat, constant blood flow. Some are trying to make a heart beat by slowing down and speeding up the machine. Chanelopathies- heart problem cuased by a mutation in the channel. It causes irregular heart contraction but since heart i sgood at adapting, chanelopathies go unnoticed until a stress is put on them eg excersice. That is why athletes get htem, when you excersise relase ne, ep, on to heart = overworking it => artyhmia. Problem- blood clot forming in atra or auricle la lv aorto. Its got momentum and is big so wont make that sharp tuen in the aroto and instead go to the brain stroke. If blood is pooling in la indicates a stroke could happen- will from a blod clot lv aorto cbrain- Treatment: tpa blood thinner within 2 hours of sign of stroke reduce blood in la.