Introduction Congenital hypertrophic Pyloric stenosis is a condition where the muscles are thickened between the stomach and intestines blocking the passage out of the stomach. The condition of the muscles (pylorus) thickening is called hypertrophy. This health condition occurs in infants from 0-6 months and is an uncommon condition. When this blockage happens between the […]
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Introduction The heart, a complex organ in the body that consists of four chambers, two atria, and two ventricles. These are further divided into left and right sides. The working of the heart is called a cardiac cycle, where the heart contracts and relaxes continuously. These contractions and relaxations are also known as diastole and
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Introduction Mitral stenosis echocardiography is when the mitral valve starts narrowing blocking the flow of blood to the left ventricle. The symptoms of mitral stenosis are breathlessness, fatigue, swollen feet or legs, heart palpitations, dizziness, coughing blood, and chest pain. Mitral stenosis can happen anytime between the age of 15-40 and sometimes even in childhood.
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Introduction Echocardiography helps develop live images of the heart called the echocardiogram, which helps medical professionals monitor the functioning of the heart. It helps doctors find out heart-related defects and issues like blood clots, the problem in the functioning of the heart valves, and more. Echocardiography is a skill that medical professionals like cardiologists and
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The Mitral inflow pattern shows the filling of the atrium and the ventricles, it shows the difference in the pressure between the two. Understanding the mitral inflow pattern has a great deal of importance in diastolic dysfunction grading. Mitral inflow has two patterns namely the early rapid filling (E) and the late filling with atrial
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The parasternal short-axis view is a cross-sectional view of the heart and can be obtained through echocardiography. The short axis view is also known as the plane perpendicular view of the long axis of the heart. Here the transducer is the real game, placing the transducer just right gives the view required, in this case,
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Introduction Causes of Dilated Cardiomyopathy means heart muscles are weakened or have a structural issue. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a heart condition where the left ventricle enlarges and becomes weak resulting in strain while the blood is pumped out to the body. Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common type of heart condition, however, it can also
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Acute scrotum pain can be due to diverse causes. The most important objective of management of these patients is to rule in or rule out testicular torsion. It requires immediate intervention in order to avoid infarction of the affected testis. On the other hand, if torsion can be confidently ruled out, unnecessary surgical intervention can
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Introduction Adenomyomatosis is a condition that happens in the gallbladder, it is one of the common conditions that occur among humans. Adenomyomatosis is a hyperplastic cholecystitis of the gallbladder wall. Adenomyomatosis is a non-threatening condition caused by diffuse or focal gallbladder wall thickening. The other causes are overgrowing of the mucosa, formation of the intramural
Heart defects are some of the most common health conditions among us humans. Holes are defects in the heart that are present at birth. Our heart has two sides which are separated by a wall called the septum and as well all know the heart pumps blood to the lungs for oxygen and then to
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