that supply blood to the heart become blocked, restricting blood flow. Coronary artery disease is only one disease of cardiovascular system; hypertension, stroke, and rheumatic heart disease are three other prominent cardio vascular diseases. Atherosclerosis is an important cardiovascular disease process that is the underlying cause of coronary artery disease and stroke. In the text, exercise can reduce the diseases from developing in the body. The major risk factors for developing cardiovascular
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Hypertension Hypertension is high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through them. Description As blood flows through arteries it pushes against the inside of the artery walls. The more pressure the blood exerts on the artery walls, the higher the blood pressure will be. The size of small arteries also affects the blood pressure. When the muscular walls of arteries are relaxed, or dilated, the pressure of the blood
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Blood Pressure Homeostasis Homeostasis in the ability of the body to keep an internal environment that is constant, regardless of outside influences. Blood pressure remains within normal limits through the utilization of both rapid and slow mechanisms. Working together, the mechanisms strive to maintain an approximate blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg. The baroreceptor reflex is one of the most important fast acting homeostatic mechanisms involved in regulating blood pressure. This contains receptors
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platelet aggregation. (47) Overall, four cycles in cholesterol maintenance require normally; the cholesterol synthesis, absorption, metabolism and elimination. The imbalance level in hypercholesterolemia is a prominent risk factor leading to atherosclerosis coronary disease and cerebrovascular disease.(48,51) At the process of cholesterol synthesis, deacylation of HMG-CoA reductase into mevalonate suppress biosynthesis potentially modulate LDL receptors and A cholesterol acyltransferase activity
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reflecting a physiologic change in the hearts ability to keep up with demand. Heart failure is considered a global pandemic and is a complex disease that oftentimes is progressive. Heart failure is often associated with underlying coronary atherosclerosis, and its associated risks, including
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Company profile Akij Food and Beverage Ltd. “Brings Quality in Life”. 1. History: Akij Food & Beverage Ltd. (AFBL) a unit of Akij Group started its operation in the year 2006. AFBL manufactures a wide range of Snacks and Beverage for both National & International market alike. AFBL is a project worth $ 70 million& is funded by the parental company Akij Group. AFBL started its production at 400 bph in the carbonated soft drinks line and 300 bph in the juice line. In a span of one and a half years
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The article titled Who Dies from Heart Disease? “New Research Defines Those at Highest Risk” 2011, is written by Meredith Melnick. She is a journalist for TIME Healthland online magazine. Her writings have appeared in the New York Daily News, The Record, House & Garden and on Newsweek.com, was a Digital Media Fellow at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The author sets out to show that newly uncovered risk factors in heart disease may help doctors and patients to recognize those
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programme post-surgery. The main aspects I would focus on include a behavioural change and an educational programme. Patient education programme The first aspect to be discussed with these patients will be based on: The concepts of atherosclerosis and its risk factors The reason for this is to help the patient understand why they have underwent the surgery. This will enable them to understand the disease process, which will provide a foundation for the rest of their choices. At this point
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Zetia Erie Community College Introduction This paper will be discussing the drug Zetia from an article found in The New York Times. It will be comparing and contrasting information from the article, to actual data from a professional resource. Zetia is a drug that is prescribed to about 1 million people a week for the purpose of lowering cholesterol (Berenson, 2008). According to the article, the drug company Merck and Schering-Plough had stated that Zetia has failed
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