Aging and Congestive Heart Failure Rebecca E. Welch What Is Congestive Heart Failure? Congestive Heart Failure‚ also known as CHF‚ is a chronic condition that affects the chambers of your heart. You have four chambers: two atria in the upper half of the heart and two ventricles in the lower half. The ventricles send blood to your organs and tissue and the atria receives the blood as it circulates back from the rest of the body. CHF develops when your ventricles cannot pump in sufficient volume
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The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation describes Cystic Fibrosis as “a progressive‚ genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time” (www.cff.org). People with Cystic Fibrosis suffer from an increase of mucus buildup in the lungs‚ pancreas‚ and the liver; Cystic Fibrosis also affects the Nose and sinuses‚ as well as the sweat glands. The only way that CF is transmitted is by a Cystic Fibrosis positive carrier. When two positive carriers have a baby there
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Coronary Heart Disease also known as Coronary Artery Disease is a disease in which a waxy substance called plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen rich blood to the heart muscles. There are many health/risk factors associated with coronary heart disease and stroke. Among the many sections of the Affordable Care Act is a section entitled Health Care Workforce. But‚ a shorter name that is used for this section it Title V. Title V provides improved access to and
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Heart failure (HF) is a progressive disease which affects more than five million Americans (Yancy et al.‚ 2013). HF negatively impacts quality of life and it is associated with frequent hospitalizations and high mortality. Evidence-based practice guidelines aid health care professionals with treatment management and provide pathways to optimize individual patient care. The main goal of treatment is to slow the progression of the disease and control its symptoms. These pathways address all stages
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Managing Heart Failure Carla Vossen‚ SPN Kristin Madigan RN‚ BSN NURS 1300: Research Project South Central College November 23‚ 2009 Heart failure is a chronic and progressive syndrome‚ resulting from the inability of the heart muscle to pump with enough force to meet the metabolic demands of the body. (Buckler‚13) According to the Center for Disease Control; (CDC) there are approximately five million people in the United States that have heart failure. Approximately 550 thousand people
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R E V I E W S H E E T 30 Anatomy of the Heart Gross Anatomy of the Human Heart 1. An anterior view of the heart is shown here. Match each structure listed on the left with the correct letter in the figure. g j r u b k d n a 1. right atrium 2. right ventricle 3. left atrium c a b o 4. left ventricle 5. superior vena cava 6. inferior vena cava 7. ascending aorta 8. aortic arch 9. brachiocephalic artery 10. left common carotid artery 11. left subclavian artery 12. pulmonary trunk 13. right
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Analytic essay of the story "The Rental Heart" The rental heart is a short story written by Kirsty Logan. The story is about the main character who is heartbroken all lot of the time. We don’t know whether the main character is a female or a male‚ and the people the main character dates are also both males and females. Through the story we hear about six different partners to the main character. The story is written in first person narrator‚ we hear the story from the main characters point of
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The Role of Beta-Blockers in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure In 1988 Sir James Whyte Black was honored with a Nobel Prize for medicine for his efforts in the discovery of the beta blocker propanolol and the histamine receptor agonist cimetidine. Beta blockers were originally developed to treat angina pectoris but were discovered to also treat hypertension‚ tachycardia‚ an myocardial infarctions. The discovery of propanolol was said to be the greatest discovery since digitalis. The mechanism
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University of Phoenix Material Body Systems and Diseases Complete the table below for the required systems listed. You are required to list four to six of the main organs of each body system‚ one or two sentences explaining the function of the system itself in your own words‚ and a short list of five to six major diseases that afflict each system. This assignment is due in Week One. System Organs in the System Function of the System Major Diseases Afflicting the System Example: Immune System Thymus
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assist of other doctors. It took a while but eventually‚ she came in. She said that she looked at the tests and I would not have to have open-heart surgery‚ but I would still need to have surgery. I was completely petrified I did not want anyone cutting into me or going near my heart. “They will go in through your leg‚” she explained‚ “and then up into my heart where the patch will open like an umbrella and cover the hole.” So my parents scheduled a day where we would go in and they would do the
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