----------------------- Congestive Heart Failure Primary causes: Age Precipitating Factors: Diastolic Failure Systolic Failure Inability of the heart to pump blood Inability of the ventricles to relax and fill Decreased cardiac output Main compensatory mechanisms Sympathetic nervous system activation Increase release of catecholamines Increase myocardial contractility and peripheral vasoconstriction s/sx:
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Rehn Tommy, Munkvik Morten, Rud Bjarne, Nymark Bernt, Lunde Per Kristian, Sjaastad Ivar, Sejersted Ole, Halle Jostein, Normal training response in skeletal muscle of post-infarction heart failure patients, European Journal of Sport Science , 2013. 2 (13), 231-239. Introduction/Purpose Congestive heart failure patients express an inability to exercise at the capacity of healthy individuals but more precisely experience reduced muscle fatigue resistance. This study was designed to elicit a clearer
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is the blood vessels as well as the heart. To understand the cardiovascular system it is consists of many different illnesses such as coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, and congestive heart disease. There is three main causes to cardiovascular disease are heart attacks and heart disease. The third is an individual that has high blood pressure. When arteries become narrower as the person becomes older, the long term damage can cause congestive heart failure (Beniaminov, Maybaum, & Moinz
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Congestive Heart Failure M.G., a “frequent flier,” is admitted to the ED (emergency department) with a diagnosis of heart failure. She was discharged from the hospital 10 days ago and comes in today stating, “I just had to come to the hospital today because I can’t catch my breath and my legs are as big as tree trunks.” After further questioning you learn she is strictly following the fluid and salt restriction ordered during her last hospital admission. She reports she has been gaining 1
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Health History and Examination Health Assessment of the Head, Neck, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Mouth, Throat, Neurological System, and the 12 Cranial Nerves Skin, Hair, Nails, Breasts, Peripheral Vascular System, Lymphatics, Thorax, Heart, Lungs, Musculoskeletal, Gastrointestinal, and Genitourinary Systems Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include relevant data for your client. |Student Name: xx
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Atherosclerosis or “hardening of the arteries”. Atherosclerosis occurs when plaque builds up in your arteries and slows or stops the flow of blood to your heart. Atherosclerosis is most often caused by unhealthy eating habits, poor or no exercise, being overweight and smoking. Some other causes of heart disease are high blood pressure, congenital heart defects, excessive alcohol consumption, drug abuse and even stress. There is a laundry list of symptoms associated with Cardiovascular Disease. Chest
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expectation present in the metabolic syndrome are: diabetes, obesity and arterial hypertension. The mechanism in which diabetes will decrease life expectation according to Texas Heart Institute is because hyperglycemia or, high levels of glucose on the blood, can be toxic to several organs, like blood vessels and heart. This alteration share a same physiopathology, glucose causes a direct damage on the endothelium, causing the LDL-Cholesterol to accumulate in the muscular layer of the arteries,
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most of her life she had been healthy. She had five living children and had lost one during childbirth, but all had been happy and healthy. She hadn’t been on any sort of medication until the last 18 years after she had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Being a former nurse she had lots of knowledge on the subject, and I’m certain that she knows far more than I do in regards to the subject. Her general idea on health is being able to proceed with her day as she needs to. In the past
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Premature ventricular contractions are abnormal heartbeats starting in the ventricles. These extra beats disturb the regular rhythm of the heart, causing sometimes feel like a skipped beat in the chest. Premature ventricular contractions are very common, and occur in most people. Premature ventricular contractions are also called: 1. Premature ventricular complexes 2. PVC 3. Premature ventricular beats 4. Extrasystoles If you have occasional premature ventricular contractions, but you are in good
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Preventing Heart Failure Readmissions Henry D. Santos Purdue University Calumet I. Introduction High morbidity, mortality, and healthcare spending have been connected with heart failure management. As per Gheorghiade et al., every year, there are almost a million cases of hospitalization for heart failure, responsible for 6.5 million hospital days, and estimated expenditures of $37.2 billion here in the United States alone (2013). The incident of heart failure readmissions has increased
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