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    INTRODUCTION Ischaemic heart disease is the most cause of death in all over the world. When Andreas Gruentzig performed PTCA in human, we have also opened the interventional era which significantly decrease the death cause by Cardial Vascular Disease, especially in Acute Myocardial Infartion. Over 30 years, the ratio of patient admitted to the hospital for myocardial Infarction dramatically decrease from 46,086 to 18,691 per year in 2008 . With the same trend, the proportion ST – segment elevation myocardical infarction (STEMI) also decline but the 30-day mortality after STEMI have no significant change [1] In addition, Sorajja et al reported that the proportion of Multivessel Coronary Disease in all the patient with ST segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) about 40 – 50% and the incidence of Major Adverse Cardiac Event (MACE) is 14.5 %, 19.5% and 23.6% with single-vessel, two- vessel and three-vessel, respectively [2]. Thus, the more stenosed vessel, the more mortality and another major adverse cardiac events.…

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    Heart disease hospitalization increased from 56.5 per 100,000 people in 1985 to 109.4 per 100,000 people in 1994 to 618.5 per 100,000 people in 2003. This trend is similar to those of cancer and diabetic patients. Cancer rates have increased from 34.7 per 100,000 people in 1994 to 124.4 per 100,000 people in 2006 (World Bank, 2014).The DALY for communicable, maternal, and perinatal conditions is HIV/AIDS, non-communicable is Ischemic heart disease, and injury is road injuries. Cancer incidence,…

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    diabetes, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stents ’06. Ischemic heart disease: Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death for people over the age of 65 years old and is one of the most common forms of heart disease. It is a disease caused by narrowed heart arteries. When the heart is narrowed it results in less blood and oxygen that can reach the heart muscle, which can lead to heart attack. Based on your medial and family history, physical exam, and test results from procedures…

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    Heart failure is a very common disease and it affects 5.8 millions of the American population and over 23 million worldwide and the number is rising (1). There are multiple causes of the heart failure: ischemic heart disease and non ischemic heart failure (due to Alcohol, HIV, post partum…). There are two types of the heart failure: heart failure with reduced EF ( HfrEF) and heart failure with preserved EF ( HfpEF). The Median prevalence of systolic heart failure was 5.5 and diastolic heart…

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    The second sentence demonstrates a contrast of emotions because she now believes that life has meaning as she feels independent and essentially “free” from her husband. It is important to see her this way because it demonstrates the unexpectedness of her initial reaction. Through the quotation it is evident that Mrs. Mallard believes that one should cherish a life in solitude as it brings newfound freedom and opportunities. As well, the beginning and the end of the story mention that Mrs.…

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    Mallard experience two shocks in one hour, from knowing her husband’s sudden death in a train accident, to her husband’s return home unexpectedly, to make her die suddenly of a heart attack in astonishment. Through a simple storyline, The story of an hour is rich in symbolisms an contain serious subject. This story has meaningful exquisite language, perspective transformation naturally and is innovative, meaningful with a distinctive theme. At the same time, Kate Chopin was good at…

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    It is true that at both the beginning and end of the short story, Louise Mallard has the heart illness, however, it is unclear whether or not the illness persists throughout the story. It seems that once she believes that she is widowed, her illness dissipates. For instance, after Josephine is checking up on Louise, Louise states that she is “not making [herself] ill” (Chopin 2). The purpose of this quote is to imply that Louise’s feels her condition is improved because of the loss of her…

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    The Story of an Hour is a short story by author Kate Chopin, that was published in 1984. The story was originally published in Vogue, on December 6th, titled "The Dream of an Hour”. Louise Mallard, the main character, has heart problems. Therefore, at the beginning of the text we are told that she must be informed of her husband’s death in a careful manner. Her sister Josephine delivers the news. The reader is also told that Louise’s husband’s friend, named Richards, had learned about his…

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    The Last Resort The Awakening by Kate Chopin was at one time considered to be scandalous by many critics in 1899. Chopin uses the character Edna Pontellier to express ideas, that, at that time, were completely oblivious to American society. Edna, an archetypal woman in society, being that she was married with two children, vacationed at a place named Grand Isle during which she began her awakening period with a man named Robert. Over the course of the book, Edna continued to meet influential…

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    The main characters in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and “The Story of an hour” by Kate Chopin are both 19th century women that are unhappy with their husbands and lives. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” a woman is trapped in her bedroom by her cruel husband, and eventually goes crazy due to this and begins to see a woman in the wallpaper. The woman in “Story of an hour” felt trapped by the mundanity of life, and felt free when she discovered her husband had died, but when he…

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