Here is a list of disorders of cardiovascular system. Disorder # 1. Atrial Fibrillation: Pathophysiology: Atrial fibrillation is observed in many cardiac disorders. Atrial ectopic rate is 350 to 600 per minute. There is varying degree of atrioventricular block. Ventricular response being totally irregular. It was believed formerly that circus movement may cause this irregular rhythm. Atria might have several [...]
Antihypertensive drugs fall into the following four major categories according to their site of action, but there is considerable overlap: 1. Sympathetic Inhibitors 2. Vasodilators 3. Captopril 4. Diuretics. 1. Sympathetic Inhibitors: A. Central and Peripheral Inhibitors: i. Rauwolfia Group of Drugs: These are useful in mild to moderate hypertension. Rauwolfia serpentina is used in the form of dried extract, [...]
The term Cor Pulmonale was introduced by Stuart Harris (1952), Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease (CPHD) or chronic cor pulmonale; is characterised by hypertrophy of the right ventricle, due to hypertension in the pulmonary circuit caused by chronic lung disease or pulmonary vascular pathology. But CPHD does not include cardiac damage due to pulmonary hypertension of mitral stenosis or congenital heart [...]