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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A heart disease is not a joking matter as many people in the United States suffer from it. It is important that you need to know what are the causes of heart disease so that you will be able to do preventive ways in order to stay away from it. Proper knowledge of the disease is a very important tool to fight it and make yourself healthy and worry-free. What are the causes of heart disease? Though there are many conditions that fall under the category of heart disease such as coronary heart disease
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Heart Disease in African Americans Stacy Johnson HCS 245 June 14‚ 2012 Margaret Latham Heart Disease in African Americans Heart disease‚ technically known as cardiovascular disease (CVD)‚ is the number one killer of African Americans. Cardiovascular disease is the narrowing of arteries due to the build-up of atherosclerosis‚ or plaque‚ in the walls of arteries (Heart.org). This narrowing of the blood vessels and arteries causes the blockage of oxygen and blood supply needed for proper function
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of Heart disease Heart disease is very serious issue that can affect many Americans everyday. In the United States‚ more than 60 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease. About 2600 people die everyday of cardiovascular disease. Cancer‚ the second largest killer‚ accounts for only half as many deaths. Cardiovascular disease can take many forms‚ including high blood pressure‚ coronary artery disease‚ valvular heart disease‚ stroke‚ or rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease.
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Cardiomyopathy also known as the “heart muscle disease” is a deterioration of the function of the myocardium. This sometimes leads to heart failure. People with this disease are often at risk of dangerous forms of irregular heartbeat and sudden cardiac death. The term cardiomyopathy generally apply’s to any disease affecting the heart. Usually it is used for severe myocardial disease leading to heart failure. Different cases of myocardial diseases can be categorized as extrinsic or intrinsic. The
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issues of heart disease. Truly‚ bringing awareness to the underlying causative factors of heart disease is very important in a society‚ as we are seeing heart disease manifesting in people of all ages and people of all ethnic backgrounds. Equally important is bringing awareness to ways of preventing or decreasing heart disease in the United States. A few years back‚ heart disease was thought to be more prevalent in the older population within the society. Unfortunately‚ today heart disease is known
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It is important to understand what coronary heart disease (CHD) is in order to alter a lifestyle to combat the disease. Poor cardiovascular health care habits can be highly detrimental to a person’s health. Poor habits have a direct relation to lack of knowledge on the subject‚ in this case CHD. An inadequate supply of information can lead the continuation of a poor cardiovascular lifestyle‚ thus drastically raising the risk for CHD. In elementary terms‚ what you do not know can hurt you. In 2013
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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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Heart disease is a leading cause of mortality around the world. These diseases can range from coronary artery disease‚ blood vessel diseases‚ to congenital heart defects. Many patients that are affected by these diseases are treated with pills that have hazardous side effects‚ surgeries that induce trauma to the patient’s body (stents for vascular intervention‚ or balloon angioplasty‚ etc) or heart transplants that are dependent on the patient’s immune system. The bodies of these patients under go
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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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