DQ 3 Heart failure is a condition in which the heart does not pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body’s tissues. Heart failure that develops slowly over time is usually a result of other conditions. Conditions such as high blood pressure‚ coronary artery disease‚ serve lung disease‚ diabetes‚ obesity‚ thyroid disorders‚ life style reasons‚ gender and even ethnicity. These types of conditions tend weaken and damage the heart over time Heart Failure can also occur suddenly as the result of
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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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When the heart is no longer able to pump enough blood to meet the demands of the body‚ it is referred to as heart failure or cardiac insufficiency. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is an abnormal condition characterized by circulatory congestion as a result of the heart’s inability to act as effective pump. Circulatory congestion and compensatory mechanisms occur. CHF may develop after MI‚ in response to prolonged hypertension‚ diabetes mellitus or in relation to valvular heart disease or inflammatory
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Congestive heart failure‚ also known as CHF or heart failure transpires when your heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as well as it should‚ various conditions like high blood pressure‚ escape your heart to weak or stiff to fill and pump correctly. Heart failure is caused by many ways one of which includes‚ coronary artery disease‚ a disease of the arteries to supply blood and oxygen to the heart‚ causes decreased blood flow to the heart muscle. CHF is also caused by a heart attack which‚ happens when
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Cardiovascular System: The Heart Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0006-05-01 Lab Report Assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by
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than the umbrella term. We may know what heart attacks are‚ but not many can identify the signs or symptoms of which a heart attack is about to occur. C. Thesis: A heart attack is a common condition with several warning signs that differentiate it from other conditions that many people are not aware of. Being aware
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The American Heart Association Lateisha Bellmon HCS/310 1/19/12 Ruthann Vaughan In the United States heart disease victims and survivors is the voice of the American Heart Association. The American Heart Association worked on educating public on both the prevention and dangers of heart disease in 1915. Physicians and social workers banded together to release information on heart disease. Other cities performed societies modeled after the one in New York. In 1924 the AHA wanted to share research
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children such as heart murmurs goes undetected in some cases. However‚ when a heart murmur is detected it must be determined if it’s a functional murmur or abnormal. A function murmur does not require treatment and is seen as normal in children. In fact‚ my brother-n-law died at the age sixteen due to an enlarged heart. Unfortunately‚ he lived most of his life playing sports which put additional stress on his heart. There were yearly physicals required to play sports; yet‚ a heart murmur went unnoticed
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Coronary Heart Disease is a cardiovascular disease which is the leading cause of death in high income countries and causes more than 73‚000 deaths in the UK each year. Approximately 1 in 10 women and 1 in 6 men die from CHD‚ although the chances become similar from the age of fifty. (Nhs.uk‚ 2016) CHD is caused by a gradual build up of fatty material called Atheroma within the walls of the coronary arteries‚ which supply the heart with oxygen rich blood. This causes the arteries to become narrow
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Aim: To examine and dissect a sheep’s heart‚ to observe it’s structure as a two-part pump and it’s features. Hypothesis : That the left side of the heart will be bigger because the left side of the heart pumps blood around the whole body. Apparatus: Gloves Dissection Board Sheep’s heart Scissors Aluminium Foil Newspaper Method : The heart was laid out with the septum coming diagonally from the upper right side to the lower left side. The heart clambers were observed‚ examined and recorded
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