History/Challenges of Heart Surgeries:
Heart surgery became a necessity around the time of World War II in order to save people's lives. Many soldiers who fought in World War II had bullets in their heart and couldn't survive unless they were taken out. So the work on animals hearts began, when the success rate increased with the animals that is when they moved on to the human soldiers. In 1952 they lowered the body temperature of the patient and this was the first open heart surgery that was ever performed. However this still needed perfecting because there were only 10 minutes before the patient would die on the table. The bypass machine was perfected in 1958 allowing more invasive procedures to be done and they were also more successful.

The EKG is used to measure the electrical waves in the heart.

Atherosclerosis: if you see yellow lipid like streaks on the heart
It is also good to check the abdoment because sometimes aneurysms rupture

Coronory Bypass is performed when there is blockage in an artery.
A heart transplant is performed when the whole organ is damaged and therefore needs to be replaced.


Patient is a 63 year old male
Family history includes diabetes
The patient is overweight and expieriences chest pain with any type of exerciwse/ movement
His blood Pressure is 164/92
The Angiography shows there is arterial blockage
EKG indicates minimal strength of electrical signals.

I would diagnose him with angioplasty.
It is suggested that he makes lifestyle changes immedietly in order to enjoy life.