Re: Having Heart Trouble! <ha!ha!>

May 8, 2001

In a message dated 05-08-01 4:21:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

JustMyTypeMT4U@... writes:

<< Ok, so not ME personally...... )

Do have a couple of questions tho.... what is meant by a heart *heaving*???

Doesn't " heave " mean to *vomit*????

Also, pertaining to the heart...what is meant by " silhouette " and " lifts " ? >>

The best explanation I can give you is the one that was given to me. I'm not

by any stretch of the imagination a car mechanic, but I was told to compare

these cardiac sounds to engine sounds in relation to valves in the case of

heaves and lifts.. they are just different noises the heart makes.. like

thrills or rubs. A thrill is sort of a vibration. I looked up heaves in

both Dorland's and Stedman's concise, and here's what I got : A chronic

pulmonary emphysema of horses; symptoms include a wheezy cough and dyspnea,

especially when exercised.

So, actually a heave is a heart sound the relates to cardiac AND pulmonary.

The cardiac silhouette is the shape of the heart. Think of the black paper

" shadow " cutouts from grade school of the Presidents ... remember those?

It's the outline type shape. Hope this helps

Jan " Typing is my life "

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