A couple interesting questions came to my mind over the last week, and there doesn’t seem to be any clear explanations for why. This seems to be an unusual departure from last year where all the physiology was pretty straight forward, albeit complicated, there were few questions left unanswered.

We learned a rule of thumb that most superior MI’s are high and fast, in terms of blood pressure and heart rate, respectively. And conversely, we learned that inferior MI’s are low and slow. In our small groups, our instructor was a little unsure about why, so this is the best explanation I could find. Inferior MI’s are due to a blockage in the proximal portion of the RCA which is responsible for blood supply to the SA node. The SA artery can be also sometimes supplied by the CFX from the left coronary, which would not cause a decrease in heart rate.

The great Bo

Great talk given today by our professor, Dr. Kim Eagle, on Bo Schembechler. I wish I was around Michigan earlier to have met this man. He sounds like an amazing guy and his fight against heart disease was astounding. Take a read of his wiki to read about all he has done for the Michigan community. It made me truly proud to be a Wolverine. Go Blue.

My favorite quote of the day, on heart disease:
“If they don’t stop smoking, I go nuts, I get right in their face. ‘Do you want to live? What are you doing to yourself? Do you want to see your kids grow up? If you want nicotine, I can give you nicotine, but the tar is going to kill you.’ I go nuts on smoking, and it works.”
- Dr. Kim Eagle

Another pic of Bo

Here are some quotes by Bo:
“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.”

“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft; on the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.”

“I love to win. Love it. Football is just too hard and too tough if you’re not successful. This isn’t just recreation, and the sport isn’t for everybody. I just don’t want to expend all this time and effort and come up short.”

And my favorite:

“By your own soul, learn to live.
If some men force you, take no heed.
If some men hate you, have no care.
Sing your song, dream your dreams
Hope your hopes, and pray your prayers.”