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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Running head: HEART FAILURE 1 Heart Failure Joeselyn Sequeira West Coast University HEART FAILURE 2 Heart Failure The heart is one of the body ’s most vital organ. The heart pumps blood throughout the body which carries nutrients other organs need. It also carries oxygenated blood to the lungs which allows us to breathe. Since the heart is so important‚ relying on it that it will do its job is necessary so we can live‚ but sometimes
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many factors but one question remains: What are the leading causes of death? Heart disease is one of these causes averaging about 610‚000 death in America each year.() There are so many deaths from just one cause but does being diagnosed with heart disease only result in death? When one gets tested for any sort of heart disease‚ one thing to think about is your body’s new limitations‚ the transfer of genetics with heart disease‚ and the high costs for treatment. People stress that there is only one
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PERICARDITIS The heart is a strong muscular organ that is responsible for sustaining life. During the course of the lifespan‚ many different types of illness or injury can interfere with the heart and its functioning. The heart is located within a sac‚ a double layered‚ flexible holding vessel that is named the pericardium. The pericardium is responsible for keeping the heart in the proper place. It is also the reason that the heart does not fill with more blood than it can hold. This
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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN HEART The human heart is a cone shape‚ hollow‚ muscular organ located in the mediastinum between the lungs. It is a about the size of an adult fist. The heart rests on the diaphragm‚ tilting forward and to the left in the client’s chest. Each beat of the heart pumps about 60ml of blood‚ or 5L/min. During strenuous physical activity‚ the heart can double the amount of blood pumped to meet the increased oxygen needs of the peripheral tissues. ANTERIOR VIEW
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Believe it or not‚ women and men of all ages can have heart attacks. I know a sister of a brothers friend who had a heart attack in her early 20’s and she was within a healthy body weight and seemed fit. She played softball growing up and didn’t really dabble too much into recreational drugs or anything like that. It all just happened out of the blue. So‚ I want to kick this story off by saying what we think of a traditional heart attack isn’t always the case. Usually we think old people‚ or at
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II‚ and III Part I 1. What body systems are primarily affected and what physiological changes would you expect Joe and Frank to experience during such rigorous exercise? Respiratory‚ circulatory‚ cardiovascular and musclar systems because the heart would be worked to its peak‚ you can lose breath easily riding so long‚ and your muscles will get fatigued. 2. List the symptoms Joe is manifesting on the 20th day of cycling. He is bleeding‚dizzy‚ and suffering from fatigue. 3. Could Joe’s symptoms
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Congestive Heart Failure Toni Belsito Brookdale Community College HESC 105 Medical Terminology Congestive Heart Failure Congestive heart hailure‚ also known as CHF or heart failure‚ affects the lives of 5 million Americans each year with 550‚000 new cases diagnosed yearly. (Emory healthcare‚ 2013) CHF is a medical condition in which the heart has become weak and cannot pump enough blood to meet the need for oxygen rich blood required by the vital organs of the body‚ less blood is pumped
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Heart Failure Heart failure (HF)‚ often called congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF)‚ occurs when the heart is unable to provide sufficient pump action to distribute blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath‚ leg swelling‚ and exercise intolerance. The condition is diagnosed with echocardiography and blood tests. Treatment commonly consists of: lifestyle measures such as smoking cessation
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Congestive Heart Failure Congestive Heart Failure‚ also known as "cardiac decompensation‚ cardiac insufficiency‚ and cardiac incompetence‚" (Basic Nursing 1111) is an imbalance in pump function in which the heart is failing and unable to do its work pumping enough blood to meet the needs of the body’s other organs. To some people‚ heart failure is defined as a sudden and complete stoppage of heart activityi.e. that the heart just stops beating. This is an inaccuracy. Heart failure usually
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