Heart disease

risk of suffering from a cardiovascular or heart disease are age, gender, diet, physical activity, alcohol and tobacco consumption, genetic factors, pre-existing diseases and geographical location. Most heart diseases affects older adults. In fact with every decade, the chances of getting a heart disease increases threefold. Gender wise, men are more prone to develop a cardiovascular or heart disease than women. Of all the deaths caused by heart diseases, 80% among men and 75% among women are…

Cardiovascular health refers to the health of the heart and the blood vessels. It is important to have proper blood supply to various organs in the body to support good health. The heart is a muscle that actually pumps blood throughout the body. Other organs in the body definitely become affected if there is something wrong with the heart (“Cardiovascular disease,” 2012). Obviously, if the heart muscle fails to function completely, then you die. This is because there will be no more blood flow…

person in today’s society who does not want to have a life threating disease will not like the sound of cardio vascular diseases. How would you feel if one of your family members or children gets a heart disease? How would someone feel if their mother dies because she was too obese and a smoker? Losing someone really close to you is never a welcoming feeling nor preventable. As told by The American Heart Association cardiovascular diseases have been puzzling scientist for over 60 years (AHA 1).…

cardiovascular system is an integral system responsible for maintaining homeostasis in the body. It is composed of the muscular pumping organ, the heart, and a closed system of vessels called arteries, veins, and capillaries. “A baby 's heart begins to develop at conception, but is completely formed by eight weeks into the pregnancy” (Stanford Children’s Health). As the heart reaches structural and functional maturation, it will involuntarily pump blood to the blood vessels to nourish cells with…

of heart disease within the African-American population of Jefferson Parish. The goal corresponds with the Healthy People 2020 goal for heart disease and stroke which is to “improve cardiovascular health and quality of life through prevention, detection, and treatment of risk factors for heart disease and stroke; early identification and treatment of heart attacks and strokes; prevention of repeat cardiovascular events; and reduction in deaths from cardiovascular disease” (Office of Disease…

The heart is the most important muscular organ in the human anatomy. It is located in the thoracic cavity medial to the lungs and posterior to the sternum. Its function is to pump the deoxygenated blood within the veins to the lungs for oxygen before pumping it to the rest of the body’s organs. Every cell in the body needs oxygen, without the oxygen, the cells will die. The heart works by following a sequence of electrical signals that cause the muscles in each chamber to contract in a specific…

Coronary Artery Bypass Coronary Artery Bypass is a type of procedure that improves the blood flow to the heart. Surgeons will perform Coronary Artery Bypass of patients who have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease. The disease know as coronary heart disease is known as when a waxy substance known as plaque buildup inside the coronary arteries this occurs in the arterys which supply your heart with oxeye not rich blood in time the blood can become thickend and harden which can very easily…

Body size and compositions differ on everyone’s age, gender and just on the person’s body itself on how it reacts and functions, which raises risks for Degenerative Diseases. There are many diseases caused from how our bodies function, although we are the caretakers of our own bodies, it sometimes may be harder for some to manage and upkeep the proper amounts of food, energy, and exercise our bodies need to properly function. According to Michael Matthews, “Body composition, on the other hand,…

You may have witnessed someone struggle with it--a squeeze in the chest, the faster beat of the heart, a shortness of breath that may be accompanied by a wave of dizziness, nausea, or sweating. Or maybe the pain isn’t in the chest itself, but in their shoulders, arms, neck, or back. These are all the symptoms commonly found in patients experiencing a heart disease. Specifically, the coronary artery disease (CAD) is known to affect about 13 million people and remained the No. 1 killer in America.…

Pathophysiology behind Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease also known as CAD is a condition where there is a build up on the inside lining of the artery usually composed of cholesterol or plaques. This can cause the narrowing of the coronary artery lumen, which can then reduce the volume of blood that pass through them. The lack of poor blood flow can lead to myocardial ischemia, which is a lack of blood flow to the heart and it can lead to heart tissue death. Another condition…