Essays about: "congenital heart disease"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words congenital heart disease.

  1. 1. Life Experience of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Descriptive Review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Yani Wang; Qiyao Xu; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: The life expectancy of adults with congenital heart disease hassignificantly increased due to the enormous progress of medical technology.Consequently, adults with congenital heart disease constitute a relatively new andgrowing patient population. READ MORE

  3. 2. Transition and transfer in congenital heart disease- Experiences and perspectives of young people with CHD and their parents/caregivers

    University essay from

    Author : Kate Bramley-Moore; Najma Dirie; [2022-05-19]
    Keywords : transition; transfer; transition to adulthood; CHD; perspectives; experiences; parents; young people; adolescents;

    Abstract : Children born today with congenital heart disease (CHD) will most likely live into adulthood and as such need to transition their care from the paediatric cardiac clinic to the adult cardiac clinic. How young people and their parents/caregivers perceive this process of transition is not well understood. READ MORE

  4. 3. Lower limb muscle function in children and adolescents with Fontan circulation : A cross-sectional study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Avdelningen för fysioterapi

    Author : Emelie Frisk; [2019]
    Keywords : Congenital heart disease; univentricular heart; plantar flexion; knee extension; dynamometry; isometric muscle strength; muscle endurance;

    Abstract : Introduction: Impaired isometric muscle strength and muscle endurance in adults with Fontan circulation has previously been reported. However, the knowledge if corresponding impairment is present in children and adolescents with Fontan circulation is scarce. READ MORE

  5. 4. Fallots tetrad hos hund och människa : embryologi, genetik och diagnostik

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Emma Palmér; [2016]
    Keywords : Fallots tetrad; hund; embryonalutveckling; medfödda hjärtfel; tetralogy of Fallot; canine; embryonic development; congenital heart disease;

    Abstract : Hos människa är anomalier i hjärtat bland de vanligaste medfödda missbildningarna. Även hos hund är medfödda missbildningar i hjärtat relativt vanliga men prevalensen skiljer sig både mellan renrasiga hundar och korsningar samt mellan olika raser. Fallots tetrad (TOF) är en av missbildningarna som kan ses i hjärtat. READ MORE

  6. 5. Patient-specific blood vessel modeling on data from MR scans of children with congenital heart disease

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Andreas Söderlund; [2016]
    Keywords : MR; CMR; Cardiac; Magnetic; Resonance; Patient; Specific; Modeling; Matlab; Segment; Creo; B-splines; splines; smoothing; filters; interpolation; 3D; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : One percent of children have a congenital heart disease, often requiring surgical corrections. The last fifty years have seen a sharp increase in the use of evidence based medicine to identify and treat congenital heart diseases. This has been highly successful but treatments are not customized for individual patients. READ MORE