Risk Background Heart disease has been around for a long period of time but without the resources and technology we have today it was not identified. To be more specific according to an article by Carmen Chai during the 1960 the doctors were still getting the idea of what was the meaning of heart disease. They had no idea what caused it or how to treat it. Heart disease is the main cause of death between men and women. More than 600,000 million Americans die annually by heart disease. According
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The physiological and social effects that a myocardial infarction can have on a patient can be very debilitating not only for the patient but for the caretaker as well. Having a heart attack is very scary for both patient as well as the patient's entire family. The patient can suffer from depression. “Having a heart attack can be frightening and traumatic, and it is common to have feelings of anxiety afterwards. For many people, the emotional stresses can cause them to feel depressed and tearful”
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Tool Heart disease is the leading cause of death of women in the United States. There were 60% more women who died from a cardio vascular disease that all other cancers combined in 2004 ("Women'Shealth.gov: Heart Disease Fact Sheet", 2012). One in four women dies from heart disease each year in the U.S. These are staggering numbers suggesting that a person is more likely than not to know someone who will die from a heart attack or stroke than from cancer. Only 54% actually recognize heart disease
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and that are effected by the cardiovascular system are, heart disease, leukemia, cardiac arrest, and congestive heart failure. Massage, on the other hand is the manipulation of the muscle and connective tissue, that helps to enhance function, and helps to aid the healing process
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Every forty four seconds, someone in the United States has a heart attack. Each year, about seven hundred and fifteen thousand people have a heart attack. Myocardial Infarction literally means “death of the heart muscle”. Myocardial Infarction, a heart attack, occurs when the coronary arteries, that deliver oxygenated blood to the heart, is cut off. This happens when the arteries are blocked by plaque. Once the plaque is formed in the artery, there is no way for blood to get around it and all the
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System - car-di-o-vas-cu-lar sys-tem also called the circulatory system. This system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood that travels through the blood vessels to all parts of the body, including nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and remove carbon dioxide. The heart works as a pump and it works really hard within the body, it is said to be the hardest working organ in the body, the heart is about the size of a fist and pump over five liters of blood throughout the body every minute that
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the flu you typically get) Cardiovascular system Know the chambers of the heart; Sino-Atrial Node; Atrio-ventrical Node’ Blood flow through the heart and out to the body, and blood returning to the heart. Arteries, veins and capillaries (structure and function); the basics of the electrocardiogram (EKG); blood pressure (what is systole and diastole?) (and problems and causes of hypertension). What is a heart attack? General Aspects of the Movie “The Human Body” (as we develop and age) Changes
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restrict blood flow to the heart muscle by physically clogging the artery or by causing abnormal artery tone and function. Without an adequate blood supply, the heart becomes starved of oxygen and the vital nutrients it needs to work properly. This can cause chest pain called angina. If blood supply to a portion of the heart muscle is cut off entirely, or if the energy demands of the heart become much greater than its blood supply, a heart attack (injury to the heart muscle) may occur. Your coronary
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silently through the heart, however there are conditions that can create a turbulent blood flow. Conditions that contribute to turbulent blow flow include increased blood velocity, structural valve defect, valve malfunctions, and abnormal chamber opening (Potter, Perry, Hall, & Stockert, 2013). Hypertension is a condition that can cause increased blood flow throughout the heart is. Hypertension is associated with thickening and loss of elasticity in the arterial wall causing the heart to continually
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health. The number one killer we have today is heart attacks. So what is a heart attack, well it’s when the heart does not get enough blood supply to fully pump which in turn results in no new fresh oxygen for the muscles and eventually will kill muscle tissue. Symptoms you would feel during a heart attack would be pain and discomfort in the chest and arms, sweating, nausea, extreme weakness, anxiety, and rapid or irregular heartbeats. During a heart attack, symptoms can last up to 30 minutes or longer
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