cardiac arrest [HAPP-L]

[Alice Mills <amills@xxxxxxx>]

I am trying to find, or if I have to, make, a flow chart
showing the relationship between myocardial infarction, ventricular
fibrillation, and heart failure.  I don't want something
comprehensive, rather something appropriate for sophomore A&P, that
covers terms that students are likely to run across.  Physiological
events that ultimately lead to heart failure is what I am after.  If
I am oversimplifying to the point where such a flow chart would be
misleading, I'd like to know that too.

My questions:  
1)  does anyone know of such a flow chart?

2)  immediate causes of heart failure - usually ventricular
fibrillation?  hemorrhage could cause low CO directly, is there
anything else that would bypass fibrillation?

3)  can MI cause heart failure without V fib?

4)  renal failure - would that be likely to lead to V fib?

I realize my questions may not be concise enough, but anyone who knows a
lot about heart failure, maybe you can see where I am trying to
go.

thanks.

alice

Dr. Alice Mills
Dept. of Biological Sciences
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN  38238
(731) 587-7175
(731) 587-7187 (fax)