Question 1

what are the tests for blood around the heart?

Accepted Answer

Echocardiogram: This is usually diagnosed with echocardiography, an ultrasound of the heart. A chest x-ray can show an enlarged heart shadow, but this can be caused by other things. The echocardiogram can only indicate fluid and doesn't differentiate between blood and other fluid. The definitive diagnosis is made when the fluid is removed by inserting a needle or tube into the space around the heart.

Question 2

my daughter has blood around the heart. how will this affect her?

Accepted Answer

Hemopericardium: This condition is called "hemopericardium". How it will affect her and what the treatment and prognosis are, is dependent upon a lot of factors. Without knowing her age, other diseases and underlying causes, a definitive answer is impossible. It can range from benign if associated with a viral infection to not so good if associated with cancer...

Question 3

what is the treatment for blood around the heart?

Accepted Answer

Cardiac physiology: Blood moves from the heart into the aorta as oxygenated blood under the force of the systolic contraction.  Arterial blood passes through the nonpulsatile microcirculation passively based on the tone of the afferent and efferent arterioles and venules. Once back in the venous microcirculation the veins coalesce and form veins taking blood to the heart by internal valves and compression by muscles.

Question 4

what are typical symptoms of blood around the heart?

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Pericardial Effusion: Substernal chest pain is one of the commonest complaints.Faint feeling may be presant, fluttering sensation may also be present.
Serious condition requires immediate attention.

Question 5

what is the definition or description of: blood around the heart?

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: When there is blood around the heart it is called cardiac tamponade or often called also pericardial tamponade. This happens when there is blood between the lining around the heart (the pericardium) and the heart itself.

Question 6

what causes the blood to return to the heart?

Accepted Answer

Pressure: Blood comes back to the heart because there is continually blood being pushed into the extremities by the heart displacing the blood that was previously in the extremities.

Question 7

how does blood circulate in and out of the heart?

Accepted Answer

Cardiac physiology: Blood moves from the heart into the aorta as oxygenated blood under the force of the systolic contraction.  Arterial blood passes through the nonpulsatile microcirculation passively based on the tone of the afferent and efferent arterioles and venules. Once back in the venous microcirculation the veins coalesce and form veins taking blood to the heart by internal valves and compression by muscles.

Question 8

what is the path that blood takes through the heart?

Accepted Answer

2 pumps in series: Blood enters the right atrium and passes thru the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. This beats and pushes the blood thru the pulmonary valve into the pulmonary arteries and into the lung. Oxygen is put into the blood which returns to the left atrium thru the pulmonary veins. The blood leaves the left atrium thru the mitral valve into the left ventricle which pushes it thru the aortic valve.

Question 9

how can  the blood flow through your heart?

Accepted Answer

Coronary arteries: Low o2 blood from vena cavas into right atrium to rt ventricle to pulmonary artery to lungs to be oxygenated. Then to pulmonary veins to left atrium and ventricle to be pump through aortic valve to aorta then to the body. The coronary arteries located right after the aortic valve at the ascending aorta will get o2 blood to the actual heart.

Question 10

can a bad heart leave blood in the chambers?

Accepted Answer

Sort of: All hearts leave blood in the chambers. Weak hearts leave more.

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