Cardiovascular diseases

female demographic and saw an opportunity to educate women about the more than 500,000 women who die each year due to cardiovascular disease. In 2005, the American Heart Association founded the Go Red for Women campaign. The American Heart Association 's main focus for the Go Red for Women campaign is to dispel myths of cardiovascular problems for women and raise awareness of cardiovascular problems as the leading factor of death in women today. With their constant dedication and passion for…

a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Chronic hyperglycemia found in patients with diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dysfunction, and failure of various organs, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels” (p.1). There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Insulin management is needed for type 1 diabetes, because it is an autoimmune disease. Diabetes Mellitus…

everything that goes on in his or her body. The heart is also prone to many different diseases, and one can tell if he or she has a heart disease. There are many different types of heart diseases, and each type of heart problem requires different treatment but can have similar symptoms. If one has a shortness of breath, palpitations, faster heartbeat, nausea, he or she can be suffering a coronary artery disease. If one has discomfort or pressure in the chest, extreme weakness, or discomfort…

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and extracellular matrix (ECM): Blood vessels, include arteries that transport blood from the heart to the systemic circulation, and veins that transport blood back again into the heart. A remarkable change in blood vessel structure and function happened, with the emergence of a high-pressure, pulsatile circulatory system in vertebrates. Blood vessels then evolved from simple tubes for channeling blood or other body fluids from a low-pressure heart. According…

The cardiovascular system includes the blood, blood vessels, and heart. The purpose is to pump blood throughout the body’s organs, tissues and cells. The blood circulates throughout the organs and removes waste from the tissues. This process is to insure proper blood circulation. Factors such as diet, exercise and weight determine the content of overall cardiovascular health (John, 2013). Blood pressure is vital to one’s health. During…

Atherosclerosis is a slowly progressing inflammatory disease of the cardiovascular system. It is characterized by the deposition of fatty streaks, which are thin, flat discolourations in the arteries that can enlarge and become thicker as they grow in length1. Over time, the arteries may develop fibrous atheromatous plaque2. The plaque initially begins as a whitish-grey coating lining the artery. As the plaque increases in size, the artery can become very narrow and blocked3. This can block…

this paper is to explore mechanical ventilation and the many effects it has on a patient’s organ systems. The cardiovascular system can be 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…

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a defect related to the cardiovascular system. CHD alters the way blood flows into the heart. The irregularity of the heart in people with CHD is developed from birth though symptoms of the condition may not be present until adulthood. During the time of birth the closure of the ductus arteriosus (DA) should occur about 15 hours after birth though functional closure may be delayed for up to 3 months of life. Thus, an open DA is the functional indicator of…

Article 69: Ayurvedic Management of Hridroga Introduction The cardiovascular system consists of the heart and blood-vessels (with their contained fluid, blood). The heart is a muscular organ and pumps blood to all parts of the human body by the process of contraction. Pure-.oxygenated blood is carried by the dhamani (arteries) and impure-deoxygenated blood by the sira (veins). Some common cardiac ailments and there Ayurvedic management is discussed below High blood pressure (Hypertension)…

The Cardiovascular system also known as the Circulatory System is an organ system that transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones and cellular waste products and permits blood to circulate and form cells in the body to nourish it with every heartbeat throughout the body.However, the Cardiovascular system is composed of the following organs, heart and blood vessels, including arteries, veins, and capillaries. One of the major structures of this system is the heart which functions to propel blood…