A Short PDF on clinical correlates of the cardiovascular system
CLINICAL CORELLATES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 1. During pregnancy of Mrs Ade, ultrasound scan was carried out on the baby and an abnormal heart beat (ARRHYTHMIA) was discovered. Further scans [MRI and x-ray] were carried out. After the birth of the baby, it was discovered that the baby had bluish lip, skin & fingers, also low birth weight, feeding and breathing difficulties. It was concluded that the symptoms were as a result of early heart structure development problems which interfered with the flow of blood. The disease was confirmed to be CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE which could result from lots of factors i.e. infection in mother during 1st trimester, congenital defect of foetus body and could be hereditary. Since the disease was not serious enough for HEART TRANSPLANT or CATHETERIZATION (a medical procedure in which a tube is directed to the heart through a part of the body to administer treatment or make diagnostic tests) medications were prescribed