Abstract – Atherosclerotic plaque is the major cause of coronary heart artery diseases. Heart artery plaque layer analysis is one of the most important and challenging problem, which can be determined by using Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Cross Sectional images, which is an excellent ultrasound study system for extracting and to easily identifying the plaque layer by using the shape parameter measurements. This paper presents and elucidates the new approach to find out the coronary artery plaque
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Bad cholesterol or what is actually know as LDL is low density lipoprotein cholesterol. This type of cholesterol makes up the majority of the body's cholesterol and having high levels of this cholesterol can lead to plaque buildup in the arteries which can lead to heart disease. This complication is typically why it is referred to as the "bad" cholesterol. This cholesterol's weight is composed of 50 percent cholesterol and 25 percent protein. Due to it having a high percentage of cholesterol, HDL
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Heart disease is known mainly as coronary heart disease (CHD). It is the leading cause of death in the United States among men and women. Coronary heart disease, a result of coronary artery disease, is a chronic illness that will occur when the coronary arteries narrow due to plaque buildup along the artery walls, thus constricting the blood supply to the heart. It can cause symptoms such as shortness of breath, angina, myocardial infarction, and much more. As a community, we should be aware and
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Every choice that a person makes, and it ends up being a habit can make you more likely to develop Heart Disease. There are a few factors that can contribute to developing Heart Disease, and there are also things that can be done to either prevent this from happening or keeping it from happening again. Some of the risk factors that could contribute to Heart Disease are smoking, being overweight, family history, not being active, high blood pressure, not eating correctly, diabetes or prediabetes and
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Peripheral artery disease (PAD) Involves thickening of artery walls, which results in a progessive narrowing of the arteries of the lower extremities. The arteries in the lower extreamites like for exapmle, the popliteal tibila or the peronela ateries are affected. According to Dirksen, S. R., Lewis, S. M., Heitkemper, M. M., Bucher, L., & Lewis, S. M. (2014). "Peripheral artert disease resutls from the deposit of cholesterol and lipids within the vessel wall and leads to progressive narrowing
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1. What is your initial impression about Mr. Smith’s admitting diagnosis? Be specific as to the exact location of the problem. (2 marks) 2. Describe Mr. Smith’s risk factors for Coronary artery disease and state whether they are modifiable or non-modifiable. (4 marks) Mr. Smiths factors that put him on risk of cardio vascular diseases are 1. Family history of cardiovascular disease 2. Stress 3. Type-2 diabetes 4. Dyslipidemia 5. Age 6. gender 7. Lack of physical activity
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Summary: Bill is pretty healthy 34 years old young man. He loves swimming, water ski, and scuba dive. Some reason one day he started to have pain in his right hip and he had no idea where that came from? He thought he would get better after few days, but he did not. He went to see the doctor and he got prescribed an analgesic and some muscle relaxant for pain relief. Unfortunately, his pain was getting worse and worse day by day. So, again he went to see the doctor to follow up on that. His clinician
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Question 4 Review the case scenario and summarise your understanding of the pathophysiology underpinning Mr Farmer’s AMI . Apply medical terminology (2 marks) From analysis of Mr Farmer’s condition, it can be understood that the pathophysiology underpinning his AMI was due to fatty deposits, plaque, having built up within the coronary arteries, which are responsible for blood supply to the heart. In Mr Farmer’s case, the plaque had built gradually over his life, and the plaque deposits limited blood
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1. Introduction Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant (TAVI) is a procedure which replaces the native aortic heart valve without open-heart surgery and without concomitant surgical removal of the failed native valve. It provides percutaneous orthotopic placement of a prosthetic tissue heart valve which is placed within the annulus of the stenotic valve by means of a catheter. TAVI is commonly used in the treatment of high-risk and inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis. http://www.ncbi.nlm
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1. Abstract Coronary Heart Disease and Chronic Coronary Artery Disease are severe diseases that cause the build up of plaque in the artery that reduces the blood flow to the heart and accounts for more than 15 million worldwide deaths each year. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) is a procedure whereby a healthy artery is taking and grafted to the heart to increase the flow of blood. In the early 1900s it became a huge procedure reaching an all time high in the 1990’s. However due to our advances
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