British Heart Foundation

In the United States about 610,000 people die of heart disease each year (Heart Disease Facts, 2015). Heart disease is caused by plaque build up in the arteries causing circulation of blood to slow or come to a complete stop (Heart Disease Facts, 2015). There are many factors that can put a person at risk of developing heart disease, the three most common factors being high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking. The Heart Disease Facts (2015) offered by the Center of Disease Control…

According to United Network for Organ Sharing (2015) organ donations and transplantation are the removal of organs and tissues from one person and placed into another person’s body. There are currently 123,254 people in the United States awaiting an organ transplant. Every ten minutes someone is added to the national transplant waiting list. One organ donor can save 8 lives. Although there is an average of 6 transplants daily, 21 people die daily awaiting an organ donor. 90% of Americans say…

endurance because I am going to join Track again this year and my goal for the pacer would help me become better at Track because I want to be in 1st-3rd place in the 100-meter dash. My long-term effect is I will reduce the risk of heart disease because endurance will make my heart healthier. I believe the cardiovascular strength that is tested in the pacer test would be useful in my everyday life and I will get stronger. My long-term effect is there will be a lower risk for me to get diseases…

The University of Mary Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Leadership and Management Program along with the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program of The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota collaborated to improve upon the ECMO simulation format currently used at the organization. ECMO is a medical treatment that serves as a form of life support to sustain life in those who are experiencing respiratory and/or cardiac failure. This modality of treatment is becoming more common…

A plethora of individuals have a clue about various heart related diseases, but are unsure of what it exactly is. One of the major cardiovascular diseases is coronary heart disease. In which, the arteries harden and narrow due to plaque buildup that is known as atherosclerosis. Coronary heart disease usually leads to heart attacks because of high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, and abnormal cholesterol levels. Furthermore, a study conducted by Hambrecht et al. (2000) was to determine if…

decided to come down. As he was walking in the house he fell to the ground and his wife discovered him shortly after. She rushed him to the emergency room and upon arrival he was unconscious. He had suffered a massive heart attack. His wife describes him as active and no prior history of heart problems or respiratory complications. He underwent triple bypass surgery and is recovering. The man had suffered from a myocardial infraction. Part of his…

blood from the capillaries back to the heart. The arteries carry blood away from the heart to your tissues. The capillaries are the smallest of the body's blood vessels, only one cell thick and are found in the muscles and lungs. Q2. Eating too much salt can raise your blood pressure because of the extra water stored in the body. The thicker the walls grow, they become less complaint and eventually are unavailable to pump forcefully as a healthy heart. The elasticity of vessels stiffens and…

Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with nonprofit and private organizations, is launching the campaign, Million Hearts. The goal is to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next 5 years. Million Hearts is expected to align policies, programs, and resources to improve access to care; focus attention on improved care through use of the aspirin therapy, blood pressure control, cholesterol management…

I believe that there would be a ton of complications with this type of transplant. For example, one would have to consider whether or not the brain of the patient would be able to control (create homeostasis) with the body of the donor since the brain controls the regulation of hormones and nervous system. Another thing to consider would be is could connection of the patient's spinal cord and the donors spinal cord be done successfully? In the article, Russian man volunteers for first human…

Introduction. Ischemic heart disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide 1. Intermediate coronary artery lesions are responsible for about 80% of acute coronary syndromes2. Accurate assessment of the severity of intermediate coronary stenosis represents an everyday challenge for interventional cardiologists. Fractional flow reserve (FFR), which is simply derived by the ratio between distal (Pd) and proximal (Pa) pressures under conditions of maximal hyperemia, represents…