Antihypertensive drug refers to the important class of drugs used for treating blood pressure. They have remarkably improved in the last 50 years. Different classes of drugs have received prominence with passage of time in this period. Before 1950 hardly any effective and tolerated antihypertensive drug was available. Veratrum and Sod. thiocyanate could lower BP, […]
Antihypertensives are drugs used to lower BP in hypertension. Hypertension is a very common disorder, particularly past middle age and hence antihypertensives are very commonly employed drugs in medical practice.. It is not a disease in itself, but is an important risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. The cut off manometric reading between normotensives
Cardiac catherization is an investigation technique, that is used in order to confirm the presence of a suspected heart disease. It is also useful when the medical practitioner is trying to quantify the severity of the disease and its consequent effect on the heart. When a patient is suffering from shortness of breath and showing
There is a common notion, that a PCI stenting is used for treatment of various ailments associated with the artery. But actually there are various types of stents and they are applied in the urinary tract, urethral or prostatic stent, vascular and peripheral stents are being applied in the treatment of various diseases. The term
A heart cath procedure is described as a surgical procedure that is performed under a local anesthetic; and it involves the insertion of a catheter into a valve or vessel of the heart. There are many applications of the heart cath method. When the heart cath is performed in order to insert the catheter into
The main function of the pulmonary artery is to carry blood from the heart to the lungs. The pulmonary artery arises from the base of the right ventricle and ends in the lungs. This artery is commonly referred to as the pulmonary trunk or main pulmonary artery. Unlike all other arteries, the pulmonary artery is
The pulmonary artery wedge pressure or PWP is also referred to as the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or PCWP. There are various instances when PWP is also referred to as pulmonary artery occlusion pressure or PAOP. In this method the pulmonary artery wedge pressure at a point from the occlusion of the artery can be
The pulmonary wedge pressure is measured with the help of the pulmonary artery catheter. When a patient is offering from mitral valve stenosis that leads to left ventricular failure, measuring the pulmonary wedge pressure will aid is ascertaining the extent of damage on the heart muscles. Pulmonary wedge pressure is directly proportional to the left
The swan ganz catheter has been named after its funders Jeremy Swan and William Ganz. The swan ganz catheter is commonly referred to as the Pulmonary artery catheter (PAC). In this method catheter is introduced in the pulmonary artery that starts from the base of the right ventricle of the heart and enters the lungs.
The pulmonary capillary wedge pressure has immense significance in treating heart diseases as it provides an indirect measure of the left atrial pressure and it is also very useful for measuring acute pulmonary edema. It is also very useful when the cardiologists are trying to ascertain the extent of damage to the left ventricle and
