Summary: Each of the three programs that make up "The mysterious human heart" focuses on a different aspect of what we thought we knew, what we know now, and what we're on the verge of learning about the heart. This material is presented through the real-life dramas of people who suddenly learn that a normal, functioning heart is not something that can be taken for granted. In episode 1 we examine the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2007
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MYSSummary: Research into the pathology of calcification is building momentum. This program follows the work of scientists and physicians dedicated to the study of calcium in the human body-including how and why it accumulates to fatal levels and how diseases linked to calcification can be prevented, treated, or cured. Science journalist Douglas Mulhall introduces the basic issues; Dr. Clarke Anderson of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: According to current estimates, cardiovascular disease is responsible for more deaths each year than the next seven leading causes of death-combined. This program begins with a concise overview of how the heart and circulatory system function and why a healthy heart is so important to overall bodily health. Common heart- and circulatory system-related problems are then addressed, with an...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: After explaining how to evaluate a patient experiencing a dysrhythmia, this program provides an in-depth examination of cardiac dysrhythmias of the sinoatrial node and the atria. Normal sinus rhythm and its associated waveform are correlated and then compared to the waveforms of sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia, sinus arrhythmia, sinus arrest, premature atrial contraction (PAC), paroxysmal...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: More than 2 million people suffer from atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat caused by abnormal electrical signals in the atria, the heart's upper chambers. This program analyzes the disorder, showing how the irregularity can create discomfort, blackouts, and blood clotting in the valves of the heart, potentially leading to a stroke. The video also features expert commentary from medical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The number one killer of both men and women in America today is coronary artery disease, also known as heart disease. This program explores the risk factors and symptoms associated with CAD, emphasizing that it can lead to a heart attack or cardiac death without warning. Promoting a positive approach, the video portrays these traumas as life-changing occurrences for patients who do survive a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: For people who have had a heart attack, an angioplasty, or coronary bypass surgery, anticoagulant medication is typically prescribed to help prevent further damage to the heart muscle. In this video-a continuation of the scenario begun in Living Through the Heart Attack-heart attack survivor Jim Alexander learns about anticoagulant therapy involving Heparin and Coumadin and how these...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: What does the future have in store for the heart, the motor that powers the human body? What kinds of treatment can cardiology patients expect within the next decade? This program reveals a wide range of innovations for the treatment and cure of heart disease and cardiovascular disease. Viewers will discover a newly developed bypass system; a biventricular pacemaker that also incorporates a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Heart valves fabricated from the body's own cells are durable and are not rejected. Stimulating the natural growth of blood vessels to skirt clogged ones could make elaborate bypass surgery obsolete. As this program shows, these are some of the tools, either in use or under development, that place vascular science at the forefront of medicine. The program also highlights innovations in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Filmed in a clinical setting, this program demonstrates how to operate a bedside cardiac monitor, a central station monitor, and a portable heart monitor. The video begins with a step-by-step walk-through of bedside monitor setup and troubleshooting-attaching the electrodes to the patient, obtaining a clear waveform, setting the alarm, recording a baseline rhythm strip, waveform problems such...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Drugs that can cure cardiovascular disease, rather than simply slowing cholesterol buildup, are currently in development. This program examines the history of anti-cholesterol drug production, as well as current biochemical research that might lead to the eradication of heart attacks and strokes. Describing scientific studies of isolated populations-most notably the inhabitants of Limone,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When it comes to the heart, every condition is serious. Fortunately, MVP is one of the lesser problems. Approximately 60 percent of patients have no symptoms and require no treatment at all. Mild symptoms are often managed with medication or lifestyle change, and even the serious cases can be safely treated through surgery. This program provides a thorough overview of the disorder, with an...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Many people who have suffered from cardiac arrest live in constant fear of complete heart failure. This program makes clear that, for the average heart attack survivor, nothing could be further from the truth. Viewers will learn about current procedures and treatments, including exercise, state-of-the-art medications, and heart transplants, that have helped heart attack patients live healthy,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This clinical program thoroughly addresses all aspects of hypertension, including risk factors, impact on the vascular system and organs, diagnosis, and treatment through lifestyle modification and pharmaceutical means. Special attention is given to the proper technique for taking blood pressure. In addition, the therapeutic values and side effects of hypertension medicines such as thiazide...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: After explaining how to evaluate a patient experiencing a dysrhythmia, this program provides an in-depth examination of cardiac dysrhythmias of the atrioventricular node and the ventricles. Normal sinus rhythm and its associated waveform are correlated and then compared to the waveforms of junctional arrhythmias, first-degree AV block, second-degree AV block (Mobitz Types I and II),...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Picking up on the scenario begun in Living Through the Heart Attack, this video follows Jim Alexander as he learns how to reduce the risk of another heart attack by lowering his cholesterol and triglyceride levels through diet and exercise. Topics of discussion include target levels for cholesterol and triglycerides, step one and step two cardiac diets, cardiac rehabilitation exercises, and more.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Summary: Each year, more than one million men and women suffer a heart attack. This event suddenly and dramatically alters a person's life forever, but studies show that if sufferers can get to a hospital quickly, more than 90 percent will survive. This program explores the radical and unexpected changes that heart attack sufferers must deal with. Spotlighting the importance of targeted medications,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: More people are surviving heart attacks due to better initial treatment procedures and thorough education after the event. Using a scenario revolving around Jim Alexander, a successful-but-overweight 55-year-old stockbroker, this award-winning video explains how heart attacks occur; tests and treatments performed at the hospital during and after the event; post-attack depression; the importance...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Summary: When it comes to clogged arteries, your legs are no safer than your heart. This incisive clinical program raises awareness of peripheral artery disease, a very dangerous and often misdiagnosed vascular ailment. Doctors from Lenox Hill Hospital and Temple University Hospital explain the physiology of the disease and identify its most common risk factors, symptoms, diagnostic testing, and methods...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Angina pectoris is the clinical term for chest pain due to coronary heart disease, and hypertension translates to high blood pressure-two potentially life-threatening conditions that affect 10 million Americans every year. In this program, William Frishman, of New York Medical College; Steve Glasser, of the University of Minnesota; and Henry Black, of Rush Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Affecting about 2 million Americans every year, deep vein thrombosis is a severe form of blood clot that has been linked with some cancers. This program examines how DVT develops, including the genetic and acquired risk factors that make an occurrence likely. It also examines the life-threatening problem of pulmonary embolisms, or blood clots in the lungs, which can result from DVT. Along with...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005