transplantation‚ also called heart transplantation‚ has evolved into the treatment of choice for many people with severe heart failure (HF) who have severe symptoms despite maximum medical therapy. Survival among cardiac transplant recipients has improved as a result of improvements in treatments that suppress the immune system and prevent infection. Definition A heart transplant‚ or a cardiac transplantation‚ is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe
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Why do we still study Heart of Darkness? Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad in 1899. It is still studied today as it is considered an exemplary moral text. It explores complex moral issues which are challenging for contemporary youths and demonstrates the effect that isolation can have on a person. Also‚ it reveals the nature of colonialism in Africa in the late nineteenth century making it significant from a historical and political perspective. Heart of Darkness is studied
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Cardiovascular disease is a group of things at are all combined together and are affected by this terrible disease. The things that get affected that involve the human heart are arteries‚ veins‚ blood vessels‚ and capillaries. Heart disease causes many different kinds of problems that are related to the process known as atherosclerosis. The condition happens to a person when a good size amount of plaque has built up in their arteries. The results from this occurring narrows the room inside of our
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Diagnosis: Heart Failure Defined: “An abnormal clinical condition involving impaired cardiac pumping that results in pathophysiologic changes in vasoconstriction and fluid retention” (Lewis‚ Heitkemper‚ Dirksen‚ O’Brien‚ Bucher‚ 2007‚ p. 821). Risk factors: Increasing age and coronary artery disease are the two main risk factors for heart failure. Heart failure may also develop by other contributing risk factors‚ such as cigarette smoking‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and hypertension
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The Human Heart The Human Heart is one of the most important organs in the entire human body. The heart is a muscular organ that acts like a pump to continuously send blood through the body. The heart beats approximately about seventy-two times per minute of our lives. Without the heart’s pumping action‚ blood can’t circulate within the human body. The heart is enclosed in a double walled sac called the Pericardium. The pericardium has outer and inner coats. The outer coat is tough and thickened
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million Americans suffer a heart attack every year‚ and almost half a million die‚ according to the American Heart Association. A heart attack often is the first symptom of coronary artery disease. The blockage usually is caused by atherosclerosis‚ the build-up of plaque in the artery walls‚ and/or by a blood clot in a coronary artery. A slow buildup of this plaque may almost block one of your coronary arteries. The cause of the heart is not always known. Heart attacks may occur when you are
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Running head: Heart Attack Heart attack: sudden illness Ridhima Katyal First Aid and CPR (HNES 210) December 6‚ 2008 North Dakota State University A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself — the myocardium
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how advanced our society has become‚ our nation ’s health hasn ’t caught up. After all‚ heart disease‚ also known as cardiovascular disease‚ is our nation ’s number one killer (Preventive Magazine Health Books p. 153). <br><br>The most common‚ and most preventable‚ heart disease of all is coronary artery disease. This is caused when blockages develop in the blood vessels that provide oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. A more general term for any impairment of blood flow through the blood vessels
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vaccines for various diseases and disorders are being developed constantly‚ and yet‚ coronary heart disease remains the number one killer in the world.<br><br>The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse‚ homicides‚ AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80% of all sudden deaths. In fact‚ the number of deaths from heart disease approximately equals to the number of deaths from cancer‚ accidents‚ chronic lung
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Darkness Heart of Darkness contains two layers of narration. The outer narrator is a passenger on the pleasure ship The Nellie‚ who hears Marlow recount one of his "inconclusive experiences" (21) as a riverboat captain in Africa. This unnamed narrator speaks for not only himself‚ but also the four other men who listen to Marlow’s story. He breaks into Marlow’s narrative infrequently; mainly to remark on the audience’s reaction to what Marlow is saying. He is omniscient only with respect to himself
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