Summary: Cardiovascular System

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• 1 Cardiovascular system

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• Diagnose arterial Trombosis

  Haemostatic screening tests:
  ●Full blood count
  ●Coagulation screen
  Testing for specific causes of thrombophilia:
  ●Assays
  Screen for a coagulation factor

• Treatment arterial Trombosis

  Prevention and treatment of arterial thrombosis:
  ●Antiplatelet drug
  ●Thrombolytic therapy
  ●Plasminogen activators (PA)
  ●Indications

• Syptoms venous trombosis

  Symptoms of deep vein thrombosis (in leg):
  ●Swelling in one or both legs
  ●Pain or tenderness in one or both legs, which may occur only while standing or walking
  ●Warmth in the skin of the affected leg
  ●Red or discoloured skin in the affected leg
  Heavy ache in the leg

• Treatment venous trombosis

  Prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism:
  ●Anticoagulants
  ●Direct thrombin inhibitors
  Prophylaxis to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE)

• Symptoms cardiac arrest

  chest pain, shortness of breath, feeling weak and/or lightheaded, anxiety

• Diagnose cardiac arrest

  physical examination

• Treatment cardiac arrest

  Chew a tablet of aspirin while waiting for an ambulance. eart
  
  Medication to dissolve blood clots
  
  Surgery to help restore blood to the heart

• Symptoms cardiac arrhytmias

  palpitations, feeling dizzy, fainting, shortness of breath

• Diagnose cardiac arrhytmias

  examination and history
  
  electrocardiogram (ECG)

• Treatment cardiac arrhytmias

  Treat underlying cause if there is one
  
  Medication
  
  Cardioversion - use electricity to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm
  
  Catheter ablation - keyhole treatment under local or general anaesthetic that destroys the tissue in the heart that caused the arrhythmia
  
  Pacemaker