Heart Anatomy

Why do we use this symbol as a heart?

Somebody Google that!!!

What does the heart do?

Heart Beat

Graphic from Boston Scientific International.

Start the Heart

Have a Heart

Heart video

Another heart video from yourpracticeonline.com.au

Interior anatomy of the heart

Exterior anatomy of the heart

Looking at the heart

Imaging the heart

Chest x-ray can tell us if the heart is enlarged or has fluid around it

Imaging the heartFor years the only way to really see the heart was by cardiac catheterization (also called an arteriogram).

This is a link to a video about cardiac cath.

This is a link to a cath lab.

Echocardiography

Ultrasound technology is used to visualize the heart

I have a video of this…

Imaging the heart

Trans-thoracic echocardiography (TEE)

Nuclear Medicine

The patient gets a radioactive tracer that goes to the heart, then pictures (above right), then stresses on a treadmill or with medication, then more pictures…

Nuclear Medicine

The patient gets a radioactive tracer that goes to the heart, then pictures (above right), then stresses on a treadmill or with medication, then more pictures…

Nuclear Medicine

Sometimes we made the patient’s blood radioactive and then took pictures as the heart was beating…

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• Atrial Fibrillation

Coronary Vessels

Plaque

Myocardial Infarction

• Heart Attack

CHF

• Heart Failure

Test Your Knowledge

• Label the Parts of Your Heart• Label Your Heart's Electrical System• Name Your Blood Vessels• Define Common Heart Problems