When the heart begins to contract, blood will be flowing into the chest as before, but the systolic pulse will not have reached the vessels at their outlets from the chest. The total result will therefore be that at this instant more blood will be within the chest than was the case before the commencement of systole, and in consequence of this air will leave the chest. As soon, however, as the ...

Acro-cardio-facial syndrome (ACFS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by split-hand/split-foot malformation (SHFM), facial anomalies, cleft lip/palate, congenital heart defect (CHD), genital anomalies, and mental retardation. Up to now, 9 patients have been described, and most of the reported cases were not surviving the first days or months of age. The spectrum of defects occurring in AC...

The Cardio-vascular Tissues aimed for clinical use are submitted to the European Regulation (Directives 2004/ 23EC, 2006/17EC and 2006/86EC) to assure high level of tissue quality and security. The European Directive was transposed into the Member state legislation and Standards, specific to their needs and possibilities. The Cardio-vascular tissues are recovered in the operating theatre or ano...

The incidence of syphilitic cardio-vascular disease is small in comparison with heart disease resulting from acute rheumatism and arterio-sclerosis; and of all patients suffering from cardiac disease less than one in twenty is found to be suffering from disease due to syphilis. Autopsies on syphilitic subjects have shown the aorta to be diseased in half the cases examined and recent observation...