Heart disease

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Humans become sick for many reasons. Poor eating habits, lack of exercise, and stress can lead to illness. Stress and worry can wear the human body down. “Worried Sick” by: Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., describes the effects of unhealthy habits, cancers, and cardiovascular disorders of octogenarians have changed over the course years. The human species are expected to live approximately to the age of eighty-five. Unfortunately not every person will live to see their eighty-fifth birthday. The human…

associated with DVTs in hospitalized patients with risk factors being recent trauma, surgery, immobility or obesity. While it can be entirely asymptomatic, nearly 25% of patients are thought to experience sudden death as their only manifestation of disease.1 Because of this breadth it can be easily missed, and so the true prevalence and manifestations of this condition are not well understood. Here we describe two patients who were diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism while hospitalized…

Cardiovascular System Have you ever felt your heart racing before a big exam? How about after running a marathon? That fast, steady pace, making you breathe heavily. This is part of your cardiovascular system. A larger system made up of your heart system and circulatory system. The heart works to push out about 5 liters, on average, of blood every minute, to the organs, tissues and cells of the human body. This hard working organ, fully matured is only about the size of your clenched fist. Each…

blood pressure. There are many things affect blood pressure, causing it to rise. * The amount of force with which the blood pumps * The amount of blood in the body * The blood vessel's diameter So that generally, blood pressure rises when the heart pumps harder, there is an increase in the amount of blood in the body, or there is a decrease in the diameter of the blood vessels that carries the blood. Importance Adequate blood pressure is vital to those organs and tissues that depend on…

Grace Burton and Emily Dickey May 23rd, 2017 Anatomy HN - Vogel 4th Period Atrial Fibrillation Inside of the cardiovascular system, the heart normally has a regular heartbeat that is consistent. But for some people, their heartbeat is quivering and irregular which is called arrhythmia as the atria gets off beat. This rapid, abnormal heart-related condition is called Atrial Fibrillation, or more commonly known as AFib or AF. It can be caused by a variety of things, including some…

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Although these drugs may help maintain a normal heart rhythm, they can cause side effects, including: nausea, dizziness, and fatigue. Rarely, they may cause ventricular arrhythmias – life-threatening rhythm disturbances originating in the heart’s lower chamber. These medications may be needed indefinitely. Even with medications, there is a chance of another episode of atrial fibrillation. The patient may be prescribed medications to control the heart rate and…

According to the American Heart Association (2014), cholesterol, is a soft waxy substance found in your bloodstream and all of your cells. It is a steroid which is made mostly in the liver. The body internally makes approximately 85% of the body's total cholesterol while only 15% comes from diet.(Saladin 66) However, what is interesting to note is while some dietary" food products are advertised as "cholesterol free" they may be high in saturated fats".(Saladin 66). This will cause the body…

understand why CAD is such a fatal disease, one must understand the coronary circulation of the heart. Coronary circulation is essentially the circulation of blood in the vessels of the myocardium (Heart muscle) that ultimately deliver oxygen-rich blood to the heart. The two main blood vessels that are associated with coronary circulation are the right coronary artery and the left coronary artery. These two major arteries bifurcate off of the Aorta and encircle the heart ultimately meeting at…