Renal artery stenosis

wave velocity (PWV) increases more with age than the carotid-radial PWV. This is due to the reduction of elasticity in central arteries; the PWV of these arteries is included in the carotid-toe measurement but not the carotid-radial measurement. First of all, the propagative model of the circulatory system is used when examining PWV. This model consists of distensible arteries that end with resistance vessels, whose distributed elastic properties allow the generation of a pressure wave that…

need to be conducted in order to confirm a diagnosis. Congestive heart failure is a condition of the hearts muscles failing to pump the necessary blood for the body to function (Mayo Clinic, 2017). For example, coronary artery disease is a condition involving the hearts arteries becoming narrow…

A major symptom of heart disease is exercise intolerance, which is thought to be caused by overactivation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) via limb edema stimulating group III/IV afferent feedback mechanisms (Figure 1) (7, 8 & 9). Accurately replicating the afferent feedback during exercise is difficult in both healthy and diseased subjects, due to an inability to directly measure afferents in human subjects. Thus most information about the response of afferents comes from post-exercise…

Population and Health Issue High blood pressure according to MayoClinic is a common condition in which long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, such has heart disease ( www.mayoclinic.org). However, hypertension commonly know has high blood pressure is much more common in the African American community. There was a study done in an urban ambulatory internal medicine clinic in southeast Michigan. Enrolled in the study…

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is characterized by a decrease in cardiac output (CO) and the consequent decrease in blood flow throughout the body leads to many widespread effects. For example, when CO is too low, the body starts to prioritize and will decrease blood flow to certain organs, such as the digestive viscera, in order to maintain needed blood flow in organs such as the brain. As a result, a person with CHF will have issues with cachexia and malnutrition because the body is not…

Scleroderma is a rare disease that causes the skin to become thick and hard. It’s a rare disease that can be life threatening. More than 75% of people that get this chronic disease are women. There are usually two types of scleroderma, localized and systemic scleroderma. Localized scleroderma usually only affects the skin, and systemic scleroderma is more serious. It affects the skin, muscles, blood vessels, and organs. The cause of scleroderma is unknown and there is no cure for this disease at…

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 due to Stroke and Coronary Artery disease. Higher intake of saturated or mono saturated fat is also associated with higher risk of developing a cardiovascular disease, with the exception of French!…

Although anorexia nervosa wreaks havoc on most major organ systems of the body, the most life-threatening injury is done to the heart. Cardiovascular complications start with the loss of heart muscle, leading to abnormal heart rhythms and low blood pressure. As the emaciated body loses muscle, the heart muscle loses mass and complications such as bradycardia and hypotension arise. Brown and Mehler (2015) have observed, “bradycardia (pulse <60) and hypotension are among the most common…

I potentially could be at risk for COPD, due to an Alpha- 1 antitrypsin deficiency, which my grandma may have had as well and may or may not have passed it down to me (she most likely did not have this deficiency, but you never know). Because of this potential, I want to focus on healthier habits, which my goals will explain. According to Köhnlein and Welte in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment (2008), alpha- 1 antitrypsin deficiency is…

insufficient coronary blood flow due to the narrowing of coronary arteries. Inadequate amount of coronary blood flow and cause the onset of stable angina pain. D.(Incorrect) Increase intake of high-density lipoprotein does not lead to stable angina. In fact, it can reduce the number of atheromatous plaque in the arteries. Therefore, increase intake of high-density lipoproteins can reduce the chance of developing atherosclerotic coronary arteries, which in turn decrease the occurrence of stable…