Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), also referred to as Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy is the enlargement of the prostate gland. The term hyperplasia is more suitable as the main prostatic changes are caused by the hyperplasia, and not hypertrophy. BPH is a chronic condition commonly affecting men over fifty years of age and its prevalence and severity increases with age. In United States, the incidence of BPH in men 60 years of age and older is 60%, and those of 70 years or older is 90%. Benign
Introduction Coronary artery disease is a heart disease characterized by narrow arteries and restricted blood flow in arteries and is the major cause of morbidity and mortality globally.[1] According to WHO estimation, 6.8% in men and 5.3% in women are affected globally.[2-4] Cardiovascular disease account for 29% of all deaths in Canada; of all the cardiovascular death, 54% and 23% was due to ischemic heart disease and heart attack, respectively. The total costs for heart disease and stroke were
Ceramics are most commonly used in dental applications as restorative materials for crowns, cements and dentures. Some ceramics are used in orthopaedic applications such as bone repair, bone augmentation and joint replacement but their use in this field is not as extensive or widespread as metals and polymers because ceramics have poor fracture toughness. This severely limits the use of ceramics in load bearing applications (Davis, 2003). Ceramics have high hardness and wear resistance, making them
procedure is popular because it is less invasive and requires less recovery time than bypass surgery (Sharma, Farber, & Menard, n.d.). In angioplasty, a catheter guides a balloon and stent through the artery to the blockage. Once the stent is in place, the physician or surgeon expands the balloon, which causes the stent to expand and push against the walls of the artery, widening the blood vessel and increasing blood flow through the
risk of aortic dissection, current studies are investigating the safety and practicality of endovascular stent graft repair. Endovascular stent graft repair is designed to help reinforce a weakened aorta. Endovascular surgery is performed inside the aorta using thin, long tubes called catheters to place a stent surrounded with a fabric liner. Endovascular stent grafting uses an endovascular stent graft to reinforce the wall of the aorta and to help keep the damaged area from rupturing and developing
products including surgical equipment and contact lenses. The largest of the three segments is pharmaceuticals. Johnson and Johnson is poised for growth on many fronts. Their short-term outlook is bright due to a lead position in the drug-coated stent market. They should also see a substantial increase in prescription drug sales from the recently enacted Medicare regulation, which will grant prescription drug coverage to more Americans. In the long run, J&J should see consistent sales growth fueled
portfolio and applies a still life technique which includes a mixture of different colors and patterns that definitely helped me to push my aesthetic value. Conclusion – Perspective and legacy. Thanks to the influences of my project (such as Prue Stent, Aso Mohammadi and Petra Collins), I've mastered my photographic skills as the artists which I explored in depth helped me with my own artistic development, and pushed forward my ideas to life with the use of experimentation. My work reflects different
regard eunuchs as necessary to the function of the palace and imperial court, no matter what their qualms with them may have been.28 Becoming a Eunuch in Qing China In his 1877 Royal Asiatic journal article entitled “Chinese Eunuchs,” George Carter Stent, an English recruit of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service (CMC) wrote for the first time about the castration process in which Chinese males became eunuchs. In fact, as Melissa Dale writes in her journal article, “Understanding Emasculation:
States. It is also the leading cause of death for both women and men. I have chosen to write about this disease because my grandfather has coronary artery disease. In 2011 he had a procedure done called coronary angioplasty and in the process had three stents placed inside his arteries. A little over a year later, he ended up having a triple bypass. I was at the hospital for both surgeries. It is a terrible disease in which everybody should become more aware as to how to reduce the risk of developing this
back. The chest pain usually occurs when the patient is doing activities or is in motion but it goes away with rest or a medicine called Nitroglycerin. Other symptoms are sho... ... middle of paper ... ...ry stent is a small metal tube that expands inside a coronary artery. The stent is placed during or after angioplasty. This procedure prevents the artery from ever closing up again.A surgery that treats CHD is Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. This surgery creates new paths for the blood to flow
Our heart is encircled by blood vessels. These blood vessels are called coronary arteries. They originate in the aorta and supply the heart muscle with oxygen rich blood. Coronary arteries consist of Right Coronary Artery, that branches into Marginal RCA and Posterior Descending Artery, and Left Main Coronary Artery, which branches into Left Circumflex, Marginal LCA and Left Anterior Descending Artery. In order for the heart to function properly the coronary arteries should be constantly supplying
Suffering from Atherosclerosis is an extremely painful process and often results in death, but there are some other side affects that, though they might not result in death, will cause extreme discomfort and pain. For example, take Buerger’s Disease (Thromboangiitis obliterans). It is a condition were a blood clot forms in one of the veins or arteries in your extremities preventing blood from reaching them. (as shown in figure 1.3) Because blood cannot reach it, and therefore no oxygen either, the
and high quality imaging. Commonly used interventional radiology procedures are: angiography, arteriovenous malformations, balloon angioplasty, biliary drainage and stenting, chemoembolization, gastrostomy tube, infection and abscess drainage, stent/ stent graft, thrombolysis, and much more. These procedures are small but can be life-threatening if not done in time or correctly. X-ray machines and X-ray dye help expose veins, tumors, and blocked blood vessels. An angiography procedures is performed
Etiology Myocardial infarction occurs when the coronary arteries are blocked by a blood clot. It is commonly known as “heart attack”. The heart needs its own constant supply of oxygen and nutrients to work properly. Two coronary arteries delivery oxygenated blood to the heart, and if one of these two arteries fail or become blocked, then a portion of the heart will not acquire the necessary oxygen. This clot could be because of CAD (coronary artery disease), which happens when the inner walls of
Out of 22 patients 15 had multiple stone removal less than 1 cm, On the other hand out of the 7 patients with stone more than 1cm. Balloon dilation of biliary sphincter (n=28) in most of the patient Dilatation caliber (9*12)-(10*12) mm, Biliary stent placement isn made of plastic caliber ranging from 10-French 5-cm to 9-French 7-cm in 45 ERCP.
is a right heart catherization and over the wire based procedure. Cardiomems innovative Endosure is another cardiomems sensor device that can be implanted along with stent grafts during endovascular repair (US Fed News, 2006). The Cardiomems Endosure sensor device is about the size of a paper clip. Patients can be treated with stents in these abdominal aneurysms, but they can fail. These patients require lifetime monitoring. The Endosure device measures the blood pressure in the sac of the aneurysm
Coronary heart disease is a condition where the arteries in the heart clog up with fatty deposits called plague which damages blood vessels. This is a process called atherosclerosis. The arteries then become narrower causing minimal blood to reach the body leading to heart attacks and potentially strokes due to the decreased flow of blood to and from the heart. There are many factors that contribute to coronary heart disease, both avoidable and unavoidable. The main factors include family history
coronary artery disease remains the number one cause of hospitalization and death in the adult population in the United States today, but with the proper treatments, knowing the risk factors of coronary artery disease and medical technology such as stents, coronary endocartomy, and coronary bypass grafting that we have available to us today the prognosis can be positive for many patients and will save more lives than not knowing.
News Staff (Australia) – Melbourne medical researchers have created a new minimally invasive brain-machine interface, giving people with spinal cord injuries new hope to walk again with the power of thought. The brain machine interface consists of a stent-based electrode (stentrode), which is implanted within a blood vessel next to the brain, and records the type of neural activity that has been shown in pre-clinical trials to move limbs through an exoskeleton or to control bionic limbs. The new device
The professional path of Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam not only provided a significant contribution to the society but also functioned as an inspiration to the people of India. Despite this, the great achievements of his career path further presented the opportunity for him to get elected as a president through unanimous voting by the people. Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam and his great achievement for the republic of India is a reflection of virtue for the society. Abdul Kalam was elected as the eleventh president