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Melanoma by Jane Rolley
By CPR St. Louis at December 12, 2011 | 7:59 am | 0 Comment
Melanoma, sometimes called cutaneous melanoma or malignant melanoma, is a cancer of cells called melanocytes, which are cells that produce melanin or color of skin pigment and may be found in the eye, digestive tract, and lymph nodes. Melanoma can affect anyone and is a serious skin cancer that varies in color, size, and shape. Risk factors for developing melanoma more...
Heart Blocks by Hollie Strawn
By CPR St. Louis at December 11, 2011 | 7:23 am | 0 Comment
Heart Block is a condition that causes delays or interruptions in the electrical conduction system of the heart. It is considered a form of arrhythmia, or a problem with the regular rhythm or rate of an individual’s heartbeat, and can occur anywhere along this electrical system. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: more...
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) by Chuck Wensler
By CPR St. Louis at December 10, 2011 | 8:04 am | 0 Comment
Heart Failure is a condition where the heart is unable to pump enough oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to meet the body’s demands for normal tissue functioning. In the early stages, the heart will compensate and respond by enlarging to hold more blood with an increase in muscle tissue and a faster pumping action while combining this with vasoconstriction to increase more...
Cardiomyopathy by Nicole Deckard
By CPR St. Louis at December 9, 2011 | 11:18 am | 0 Comment
Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. There are sometimes no signs and or symptoms of the disease. Other times you can have symptoms such as shortness of breath, trouble breathing, fatigue, and swelling of feet, ankles, legs, abdomen, and veins of the neck. Some types of Cardiomyopathy are Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive more...
Antiarrhythmic Drugs by Jennifer Fendler
By CPR St. Louis at December 8, 2011 | 5:53 am | 0 Comment
Antiarrhythmic drugs are used to treat arrhythmias, which is a condition that causes the heart to beat too fast or too slow. Since the heart rate is affected by too much or too little ions in the blood, there are many causes for arrhythmia. Antiarrhythmic drugs are classified into four groups. The four classes are Sodium-channel blockers, beta-blockers, potassium-channel more...
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