Deaths from myocardial infarction

Hypertension (primary/essential) is one of the most common diseases diagnosed today. Hypertension is a major risk factor in cardiac heart disease, including myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. Hypertension is also an independent risk factor for the development of stroke and renal failure. A person with hypertension has double the risk of developing cardiac heart disease than those who have normal blood pressures. What is primary/essential hypertension? It is a systolic blood…

acute events and are mainly caused by a blockage that prevents blood from flowing to the heart or brain. The most common reason for this is a build-up of fatty deposits on the inner walls of the blood vessels that supply the heart or brain. Strokes can also be caused by bleeding…

Excessive sodium consumption is perceived as a public health issue because it is one of the major contributing factors to the leading cause of death in the United States, which is heart disease (Agarwal, Fulgoni III, Spence & Samuel, 2015; Appel et al., 2011). Educating the population, especially the younger generation, is crucial in executing this primary level of…

to ensure that airway is patent (Jarvis, 2012). Mrs. Kelly’s airway was open and this assessment is usually treated as a high priority because it determines the patient’s breathing adequacy and determination of agonal respirations that may lead to death (Considine and Currey, 2015). The next assessment of breathing, Mrs. Kelly’s RR 28 breaths/min, labored with…

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 rest, systolic blood pressure in a healthy individual ranges from 110-140mmHg and diastolic blood pressure ranges from 60-90mmHg (Sports Fitness Advisor, n.d.). According to the blood…

medically known as myocardial infarction (MI) and normally happens when the heart muscle is starved of oxygen-rich blood, causing damage to the heart muscle (British heart Foundation, 2014). According to NICE guidelines (2014) heart attacks are mostly caused by coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD is when coronary arteries that supply the heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood become narrowed by a gradual build-up of fatty material within their walls. Heart attack is known to be common cause of death…

filament. Using ATP-hydrolysis the myosin head pulls the Z-lines of the actin filament towards each other leading to a shortening of the sarcomeres and the I-band, and the cardiomyocyte contracts (6) (7) (8). Several mechanisms allow a removal of Ca²+ from the cytosol for muscle relaxation including active Ca²+ uptake into the sarcoplasmatic reticulum via the sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca²+ transporter (SERCA) (9) and ejection through the sarcolemma by virtue of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (10) as…

bypass surgery, is that stenting is considered minimally invasive as it involves no major incisions, is performed with local anaesthesia and mild sedation, and the procedure usually takes an hour or so. Patients who have angioplasty and stents recover from these procedures much faster than patients who have coronary artery bypass surgery and they have much less discomfort. Stents also help prevent the renarrowing of an artery that can happen after an angioplasty. This renarrowing is called…

changes in brain function that can include changes in vision, inability to speak coherently, numbness and weakness in the upper and lower extremities, symptoms of dizziness or loss of consciousness (McCance & Huether, 2010). The causes of TIAs are from platelet clumps or narrowed vessels that result in an intermittent blockage of circulation (McCance & Huether, 2010). TIAs typically last twenty-four hours with all neurologic deficits subsiding with no residual dysfunction. There is no…

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