September 19, 2011 Instructor: DEBRA SALYERS Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular disease is an abnormal function of the heart or blood vessels. This disease can cause a heart attack, heart failure, sudden death, stroke and cardiac rhythm problems, thus resulting in decreased quality of life and decreased life expectancy. In America many people suffer from heart disease some knowingly and some are unaware. This disease is a sudden death disease which means a person can die unexpectedly from
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Cardiac – Coronary Artery Disease/Acute Myocardial Infarction Topic: Cardiac – Coronary Artery Disease/Acute Myocardial Infarction 1 Cardiac – Coronary Artery Disease/Acute Myocardial Infarction Table of Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................3 Patient’s profile..............................................................................................................4 Pathophysiology
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compensatory response Cool peripherally due to reduction of cardiac output 2. Pathophysiology of Right-sided heart failure and left-sided heart failure. Right-ventricular failure Right-sided heart failure means that the right side of the heart is not pumping blood to the lungs as well as normal. This usually occurs as a result of left-sided heart failure. When the left side of your heart fails, the pressure increases in the
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Research Paper The human heart is a very vital, interesting, and complex organ. It continuously pumps blood through the body for the entire life. It’s made of muscle and is very strong and yet at the same time, can be very vulnerable to disease. The heart is a very important organ. What's so unusual about it is that it is that it never gets tired. There are four parts of the heart, right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and the left ventricle. Oxygen-poor blood flows from the body and to
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Review of Literature in Three Levels of Health Promotion Health Promotion A motivational quote from the Earl of Derby, says it straight forward, “Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness”(Lavie, C.J. & Milani, R.V., 2011) Illness also referred as disease, is defined as “the failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances” (Edelman
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Arteriosclerosis is a disease of the arteries that carry blood and oxygen from the heart to the rest of the body. During this process, the arteries become hard and thick due to plaque buildup from high fat and cholesterol in the blood. The arteries affected by this disease are not able to pump blood and oxygen efficiently to the rest of the body, Causes of atherosclerosis include high BP, high fat diet, diabetes, smoking and inflammation. When an artery gets injured or damaged, platelets build up
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Abstract This paper will talk about heart catheterization which is which is a procedure that is done to patients in hopes of diagnosing or treating heart conditions. I will cover what the procedure is, what the procedure detects which does many things, what the machine is or what it looks like, the dangers that associated with the procedure, the instructions that the patient is given by the doctor such as the before, during and after care that may be associated with it, when the test originally
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higher risk of getting PE if a family member has had pulmonary embolism in the past. Long term bed rest, traveling or sitting for a long periods of time. Some complications of pulmonary embolism: “Cardiac arrest and sudden death. Shock. Abnormal heart rhythms. Death of part of the lung called pulmonary infarction A buildup of fluid (pleural effusion) between the outside lining of the lungs and the inner lining of the chest cavity. Paradoxical Embolism Pulmonary hypertension”(3) Almost all the
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CV+ Blood What happens in MI- A heart attack (myocardial infarction) is usually caused by a blood clot, which stops the blood flowing to a part of your heart muscle. You should call for an ambulance immediately if you develop severe chest pain. Treatment with a clot-busting medicine or an emergency procedure to restore the blood flow through the blocked blood vessel are usually done as soon as possible. This is to prevent or minimise any damage to your heart muscle. Other treatments help to ease
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system. Our heart is a strong muscle that beats about 100,000 times a day. With each beat of the heart, blood is pumped to the lungs via pulmonary circulation and to the rest of the body via systemic circulation. The pumping of the heart enables the body to receive oxygen and rid the body of carbon dioxide. Your heart pumps 30 times its own weight each minute. This amounts to about 5 liters of blood pumped to the lungs and to the rest of your body. It is, therefore understandable why the heart changes
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