Click the following links to download a printable .pdf of the Sternotomy Bear: Sternotomy Bear Blue – Michiko Maruyama Hospital Gown and Accessories: Hospital Gown and Accessories Blue – Michiko Maruyama Cardiac Surgeon Accessories: Cardiac Surgeon Accessories – Michiko Maruyama … Read more ›
Changing the World – One Toy at a Time: Drawing on my unique combination of industrial design, graphic art, and medical training, I aim to create educational resources that facilitate knowledge transfer and communication between physician and child. Since children… Read more ›
Myocardial infarctions can be classified into various types based on pathology, clinical presentation, prognostic and treatment strategies. One method of classifying MI’s is the “Third Universal Classification of Myocardial Infarction”: Type 1 – Spontaneous MI: (top left corner) related to… Read more ›
This Daily Doodle features the embryology of the heart, one of my favorite organs! The cardiovascular system is the first major system to function in the developing embryo. In the third week of development, the primodial heart and vascular system… Read more ›
This Daily Doodle is an abstract illustration of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), a disease of the myocardium (heart muscle). The hallmark of this condition is asymmetrical myocardial hypertrophy (thickening), typically of the left ventricle and often the interventricular septum. This thickening… Read more ›
A young man was admitted for chest pain. He underwent several investigations which showed early signs of coronary artery disease. Upon discharge, the doctor asks “What is the most important thing you can do to stop future heart attacks?” “Rest!” –… Read more ›
The heart is contained in a beautiful dual layered fibroserous elastic sac called the pericardium. The outer layer, the fibrous pericardium, is made of a tough connective tissue while the inner layer, the serous pericardium, is thin and consists of… Read more ›
This Daily Doodle represents the differential diagnosis of “chest” pain/discomfort which is quite an extensive list of both cardiac and non-cardiac conditions. In the ER, the initial approach to chest pain is to rule out potentially life-threatening causes, the big… Read more ›
Takotsubo Syndrome, also known as Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, Broken Heart Syndrome and Transient Apical Ballooning Syndrome, is a type of non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy characterized by transient systolic dysfunction of the apical and/or mid-segments of the left ventricle that mimics myocardial infarction. The… Read more ›