cardio-vascular risk among ischemic heart patients in Father Muller Hospital‚ Mangalore. INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular diseases are becoming the major cause of morbidity and mortality in most of the developing countries including India. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) encompasses a number of diagnoses‚ including coronary heart diseases‚ hypertension and strokes. Common risk factors of cardiovascular diseases are older age group‚ being male‚ family history of ischemic heart problems‚ cigarette smoking‚ high
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Heart disease is the number one killer in many countries. Blockage of the coronary arteries that carry blood to the heart is the major reason for heart disease. It is the main reason contributing to heart attack. A study shows that a person suffers from some sort of coronary occurrence every 29 seconds. Every year‚ around 25‚000 people die in the U.S before they reach hospital due to heart attack. It is therefore important for all to know the facts of disease‚ even if there is no sign of (heart)
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area of your heart doesn’t get enough oxygen-rich blood. It may feel like pressure or squeezing in the chest. The pain also can occur in the shoulders‚ arms‚ neck‚ jaw‚ or back. Angina isn’t a disease; it’s a symptom of an underlying heart problem. It usually is a symptom of Coronary Heart Disease
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Heart Disease Many of you guys know the leading causes of death in the United States. Heart disease remains the leading causes of death here in this country. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the Unites States in 1 every 4 deaths. Around 614‚348 die from this horrible disease. Ask yourself why this disease is so high in this nation? I believe it is due to the many fast food joints opening around our nation. People also lack physical activity and many don’t partake in the thirty min recommended
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Heart Disease Many may or may not be surprised to know the number one killer in America for both men and women is heart disease. America has become increasingly over weight by over eating‚ eating unhealthy and not getting enough exercise. We have been alerted that each year we are becoming more and more obese at a alarming rate. Heart disease has been known to kill more people than any of the cancers combined by causing heart attacks and strokes. There are many causes to heart disease by choices
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with Heart Disease Epidemiology in the Elderly with Heart Disease Public health promotes healthy living for each community through epidemiology. Disease prevention and control is the common goal of epidemiology‚ nursing practice‚ and public health. “Epidemiology is the study of the population in order to monitor the health of the population‚ understand the determinants of health and disease in the community‚ and investigate and evaluate interventions to prevent disease and maintain
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Diseases That Effect The Human Body. A medical documentary Sharita Aggers HCA/220 10/13/2013 Introduction Key points of Discussion Diseases that affect The Human Body: 1. Thyroid Disease 2. Pneumonia 3. Tuberculosis 4. Coronary Artery Disease 5. Colon Cancer. 6. Liver Disease Thyroid Disease Signs and Symptoms include: Fatigue Weight Gain Bloating Muscle Weakness Racing Heartbeat Thyroid Disease (cont.) Female women are at greater risk than men. Recent neck trauma‚ biopsy‚ injection
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Achievement of Guideline-Concordant Care and In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease in Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals : Results From the Get With The Guidelines −Coronary Artery Disease Program Lori M. Tam‚ Gregg C. Fonarow‚ Deepak L. Bhatt‚ Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda‚ Adrian F. Hernandez‚ Eric D. Peterson‚ Lee H. Schwamm and Robert P. Giugliano Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2013;6;58-65; originally published online December 11‚ 2012; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965525
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Heart Blocks 7/ 2005 Hi all. Yet another one‚ which occurred to me that I should do about two weeks ago‚ when a patient was doing some pretty strange things on the monitor. As usual‚ please remember that this is not meant to be an official reference‚ but is supposed to represent the information that a preceptor would pass on to a new orientee in the unit. Please get back to me if things aren’t clear‚ have been left out‚ or are just plain wrong‚ and I’ll fix them up right away. Thanks
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Heather Doyle HS200-38XOBL Unit 4 Capstone Project: Coronary Artery Disease Kaplan University 04/17/2014 Eric is a 47-year-old male who has just been diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease. He is a construction worker and spends a great deal of time away from his wife and three children. Eric smokes approximately 1 1⁄2 packs of cigarettes a day and enjoys drinking a 6-pack after a long day at work. Coronary artery disease is the condition of the narrowing of the arteries that
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