Blisstree » ekg http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Poll- did your child have an EKG as part of their pre-sports physical? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/poll-did-your-child-have-an-ekg-as-part-of-their-pre-sports-physical-50/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/poll-did-your-child-have-an-ekg-as-part-of-their-pre-sports-physical-50/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:17:24 +0000 Kendra James, RN http://www.aheartylife.com/2008/08/31/poll-did-your-child-have-an-ekg-as-part-of-their-pre-sports-physical/ Post from: Blisstree

Poll- did your child have an EKG as part of their pre-sports physical?

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Poll- did your child have an EKG as part of their pre-sports physical?

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/poll-did-your-child-have-an-ekg-as-part-of-their-pre-sports-physical-50/feed/ 0 EKG standards need to be changed among the elder population http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ekg-standards-need-to-be-changed-among-the-elder-population-50/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ekg-standards-need-to-be-changed-among-the-elder-population-50/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:56:45 +0000 gayla http://www.aheartylife.com/2008/03/16/ekg-standards-need-to-be-changed-among-the-elder-population/ Post from: Blisstree

EKG standards need to be changed among the elder population

]]> This is kind of interesting… I have often thought about this over the years. The EKG standards need to be changed among the elder population.

After analyzing readings from more than 700 patients 80 or older, the researchers discovered that the average cutoffs (beginning and end points) for measuring all three ECG intervals — PR, QRS and QT — were greater than the current established norms. The findings also showed that the intervals, while greater in general, were significantly higher in men. The intervals refer to the times between recorded peaks of the specific motions in a heartbeat as represented on an electrocardiogram.

Obviously as we age there are natural physiological changes that occur. Due to those changes there are differences in the electrical components that correlate with an EKG. We need to take these into consideration when we analyze ones heart function to ensure a correct diagnosis. It makes sense, doesn’t it?

via Science Daily

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EKG standards need to be changed among the elder population

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ekg-standards-need-to-be-changed-among-the-elder-population-50/feed/ 0 What Exactly Is The Difference Between A Panic Attack And A Heart Attack- You Tell Me! http://www.blisstree.com/articles/what-exactly-is-the-difference-between-a-panic-attack-and-a-heart-attack-you-tell-me-50/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/what-exactly-is-the-difference-between-a-panic-attack-and-a-heart-attack-you-tell-me-50/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:16:16 +0000 Kendra James, RN http://www.aheartylife.com/2007/12/13/what-exactly-is-the-difference-between-a-panic-attack-and-a-heart-attack-you-tell-me/ Post from: Blisstree

What Exactly Is The Difference Between A Panic Attack And A Heart Attack- You Tell Me!

]]> Working at an urgent care facility, I see a lot of acute heart attacks as well as extreme panic attacks. I was poking around the internet and my old text books this morning looking for definitive differences on the ol’ anxiety attack and MI. I know that some experience such extreme panic type feelings, heart palpitations and shortness of breath, that the only definitive way to tell exactly what is going on is looking for ST changes on an EKG.

So much of what I read really bothered me. “The difference is that panic attacks are not crushing and heart attacks you feel into your left arm” and “Heart attacks are not associated with palpitations and shortness of breath”. Really?????

I think not, I have had patients explain all of the above for both MI’s and panic attacks. I decided to do a little poll to see what you have experienced or heard first hand. I wanted to see what the rest of the world thinks…

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What Exactly Is The Difference Between A Panic Attack And A Heart Attack- You Tell Me!

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/what-exactly-is-the-difference-between-a-panic-attack-and-a-heart-attack-you-tell-me-50/feed/ 0 Heart-to-Heart #4: The Vacant Uterus http://www.blisstree.com/articles/heart-to-heart-4-the-vacant-uterus-50/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/heart-to-heart-4-the-vacant-uterus-50/#comments Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:02:21 +0000 Lei http://www.aheartylife.com/2006/04/16/heart-to-heart-4-the-vacant-uterus/ Post from: Blisstree

Heart-to-Heart #4: The Vacant Uterus

]]> Last week, Flicka of The Vacant Uterus went to her primary care doctor to follow-up on an earlier distressing emergency room visit after feeling fluttering and pressure in her chest. Instead of making her feel better, her doctor left her in doubt. She’s supposed to get a cardiology referral, but isn’t sure if or when that will happen.

In the mean time, waiting and wondering if it will happen again is driving me NUTS. It could be months before I feel anything again. It could be hours. Not knowing is the worst part of this. In some ways I hope that it does happen again soon, so that I can go get the tests I need and get some answers. And in some ways I hope it never happens again. Frustration is the word of the day. I don’t know how I should be feeling right now.

Could this be another instance in which a woman’s cardiovascular symptoms are being dismissed because some doctors still believe heart disease is a man’s domain? For Flicka’s sake, I hope not. All the best to Flicka for getting the treatment she deserves.

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Heart-to-Heart #4: The Vacant Uterus

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/heart-to-heart-4-the-vacant-uterus-50/feed/ 0 Heart Condition Saturday: Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome http://www.blisstree.com/articles/heart-condition-saturday-wolff-parkinson-white-syndrome-50/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/heart-condition-saturday-wolff-parkinson-white-syndrome-50/#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:02:48 +0000 Lei http://www.aheartylife.com/2006/04/08/heart-condition-saturday-wolff-parkinson-white-syndrome/ Post from: Blisstree

Heart Condition Saturday: Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

]]> Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a rare heart condition that affects between 0.1 and 3% of the general population with many of these people never experiencing a symptom in their lives. For some, however, an attack can be very severe.

WPW is a condition in which the electrical signals of the heart is abnormal leading to pre-excitation syndromes. Symptoms include:

  • Extremely rapid heart beat that jumps up very quickly
  • Dizziness
  • Chest palpitations
  • Fainting during physical exertion
  • Cardiac arrest in extreme cases

Jeff Carter was one such person with WPW. In June 2005, his mother found him after he had already collapsed and suffered severe brain damage. She is now trying to raise the money to bring him home and keeps a log of his progress at Just4Jeff.info.

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Heart Condition Saturday: Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

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