American Heart Association

Dilated cardiomyopathy, is “a form of heart disease that weakens the cardiac muscle, preventing the heart from pumping blood efficiently” (“Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy”). Patients who have Duchenne disease will develop cardiomyopathy and have a lesser life expectancy due to heart failure. Also, with the vast amounts of blood loss and the weakened muscle tissue replaced by fat, it is also a main factor…

Cynthia Essex was a wife and mother of eight children when she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Her story starts out on a regular Sunday morning when she set off to church with her family. She was feeling fine despite the slight amount of fatigue that continued to press on her. This seemed normal to Cynthia though, and she even claimed that, “Something would be wrong with me if I wasn’t tired.” Exhaustion soon overwhelmed her, and during the middle of church service she abruptly…

changes are the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). These organizations set guidelines for exercise testing in 1997 but then revised these guidelines again in 2002. In 2002, they modified ten categories from the 1997 guidelines. These ten guidelines that were changed include: ST heart rate adjustment, unstable angina, older patients, acute coronary syndromes, chest pain centers, acute myocardial infarction, asymptomatic patients, valvular heart disease,…

system, the optic nerve connects the eye to the brain, carrying electrical signals formed by the retina to be interpreted as images (Medicine Net). Central retinal vein: The central retinal vein is where blood circulating in the eye is returned to the heart to be cleaned. It forms the arterioles, branches of an…

and interventions I would need to complete. Simply by looking at the patient, I could see that Mr. Brown was male, elderly, overweight, semi-pale, and diaphoretic. Common risk factors for Heart Disease and Heart Attack include being male over 45, obesity, hypertension and hyperlipidemia (American Heart Association,…

affected along with the pulmonary and renal systems. Cardiovascular side effects depend upon the previous underlying cardiopulmonary status of each patient. Conditions pertaining to congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cause hyperinflation, which compresses the heart and lungs. There are studies that are shown in this paper including beneficial effects of positive pressure ventilation (PPV)…

catastrophes that can and will negatively affect their family and everyone around them. This is the modern American society that has a population of over 316 million people. According to cancer.org, over 42 million adults are smokers in the US. The current insufficient laws and regulations concerning smoking allow this percentage of Americans to affect the rest of the population. Almost all Americans are affected directly by smoking and…

Subjective Data Chief Complaint: Nausea, vomiting and dry heaves related to alcohol withdrawal. Increased depression, suicidal ideations, auditory and visual hallucinations. History of Present Illness The patient is a 21-year-old single African American male with a past medical history of depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and ETOH abuse. The patient presents to the ER after a 12 day drinking binge for acute alcohol withdrawal. Patient states he had been sober for six…

25.7 million stroke survivors, of whom, 71% with IS, and 6.5 million deaths from stroke, of whom 51% died from IS. Overall, global stroke problems and fatalities continue to increase globally. It has been reported by investigators of the American Heart Association that on average, every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke (Slomka, Switonska,…

The heart is a vital organ that controls blood flow to the entire body. Without the heart muscles, organs and all other body parts would die. The life choices a person makes can affect the health of their heart. For example, smoking, bad diet, sedentary lifestyle, and other choices can damage the heart in the long run. As a medical student this is an important topic of interest because it is found that, "Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and the cost to combat it…