Ischaemic heart disease

Atrial Fibrillation One of the most common arrhythmias that clinicians will confront in practice is Atrial Fibrillation (AF). The incident of AF increases with age. Many patients with AF are asymptomatic and only diagnosed incidentally. Many others experience only non-specific symptoms such as palpitations, dyspnea, or chest pain. The following case study illustrates the clinical role of the advanced practice nurse in the assessment of a patient presenting with Atrial Fibrillation. Jimmy J….a…

Cholesterol and steroids are very much lipids with important health consequences. Steroids, however are very bad to your body. Steroids May add fat than give you muscles. They may also give you acne. To add to that you can get multiple heart attacks and maybe even receive lung cancer from steroids. To conclude, steroids are bad for your health and body. Cholesterol is existing in any cell membrane. It is found in every single cell in the human body. According to cholesterol-and-health.com,…

coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease is the gradual accumulation of atheroma, which ultimately obstructs the heart from oxygenated blood as the blood vessels become narrow. The likelihood of having coronary heart disease is associated with numerous risk factors, ranging from smoking to ethnic background (NHS Choices, 2014). However, this essay will only focus on the aspects of psychosocial and behavioural or cultural risk factors, which influence the prevalence of coronary heart…

Maximal Oxygen Consumption; also known as VO2max, is defined as the highest rate at which oxygen can be taken in and used by the body every minute during intense exercise (2). It is measured in mL/kg/min, defined as the milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body mass per minute. VO2max is generally measured by using a maximal exercise test to physical voluntary exhaustion where speed or power are increased consistently, requiring more oxygen uptake each phase. (1) Exercise intensities are…

the artificial heart, the device itself weighs three times that of an average human heart and is made of soft biomaterials. Regrettably, the patient who received the first Carmat heart died prematurely only a few months after its installation. Early indications show there was a short circuit in the device, but the company is still investigating the details of the death. In another attempt after the unsuccessfulness of the first, another patient in France received the Carmat heart and so far this…

Edema is swelling caused by extra fluid trapped in the bodies tissues. Edema can affect anywhere on the body but is most common in the arms, hands, legs, ankles, and feet. Signs of edema include: swelling or puffiness of the tissue under your skin, stretched or shiny skin, skin that remains a dimple after being pressed for several seconds, and increased abdominal size. Signs of pulmonary edema are shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, and chest pain. Edema in the legs can happen from long…

The incidence of atrial fibrillation increases with age which can causes serious problems in older people, leading to stroke and/or heart failure. Risk factors include hypertension, previous ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack or other thromboembolic event, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, and mitral valve disease (Holding et al., 2009). In addition to advanced age, patients that are obese, of the Caucasian race, or have a history of excessive alcohol use are at…

to quickly travel to all parts of the body and back again quickly. There are three major types of blood vessels in the human body. The first are the arteries which face high blood pressure levels due to the fact that they take blood away from the heart, Because of this they are thicker and more elastic then the other blood vessels. Branching off of the arteries are arterioles which carries blood to the second type of blood vessels the capillaries. These are the smallest and thinnest of the three…

• Family history/genetics • Prior stroke or TIA • Smoking, heavy alcohol use, substance abuse (cocaine, amphetamines) • Diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired glucose tolerance • Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, severe carotid artery stenosis • Hypercoagulable states (including use of OCP), pregnancy and postpartum states Etiology •…

The Beverage Effect On The Heart Rate. Introduction This experiment is held by the GCU Nursing and Health department to see factors which influence the heart rate either by rising or reducing the heart rate from the normal pace. In order to conduct this experiment all to participants have to measure their heart beat before, during and after the activities. The activity includes, eating, drinking beverages such as, coffee, water, energy drinks, and soda, driving in the traffic, running, taking a…