attacks ‚ we have all seen them played out on our favorite drama shows but these shows do not address the real severity of an actual heart attack despite the great acting skills portrayed . A heart attack can also be known as a myocardial infarction (MI)‚ acute myocardial infarction (AMI)‚ acute coronary syndrome‚ coronary thrombosis‚ or coronary occlusion‚ either way it is not good news. Over 1.2 million people in American have heart attacks with many of them resulting in death (Heart attack‚ 2011). A
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Riya Ragbarsingh General Biology Dr. Samira Ziaei-Halaby May 8‚ 2012 Myocardial Infarction Myocardial Infarction also known as “heart attack”‚ is when a damaged muscle or artery is blocked preventing the blood to flow through. Because of fast food places such as McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ Wendy’s and etc… Most Americans prefer eating outside than having a healthy home cooked meal. Many people do not realize the amount of fatty and oily substances that are in the meals that are being cooked
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Myocardial infarction is the biological name for a heart attack. Coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic disease that has stable and unstable times. During unstable times with inflammation in the vascular wall‚ patients develop a myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction may be a minor event in a lifelong chronic disease‚ it may even be undetected‚ but it may lead to sudden death or severe ‘haemodynamic’ deterioration. A myocardial infarction is the first biggest of coronary artery disease / it
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Acute Myocardial Infarctions” by Rahel Alemu‚ Eileen Fuller‚ John Harper and Mark Feldman it has become ostensible that smoking cigarettes increases the risk for acute myocardial infarctions. While smoking is a major risk factor in coronary heart disease as well as one of the major predictors of leading to myocardial infarctions. However there was not an awareness that smoking lead to different types of myocardial infarctions as in the difference between an anterior or an inferior myocardial infarction
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disease. Issues can include arrhythmia‚ cardiac arrest‚ myocardial infraction‚ and valve problems. Heart disease is largely preventable when the right steps are taken‚ however “is the No. 1 killer in America‚ claiming about 610‚000 men and women each year.”
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incidence of ischemic heart disease in these elderly individuals is also expected to increase rapidly. It has been documented that advanced age is an independent risk factor for poor cardiac outcome however many more of the elderly with an acute myocardial infarction are now living longer due to advanced medicine and technology‚ but of course they may run into heart failure again with increasing of age. With that‚ people are also acquiring more problems as they age‚ because the body is wearing out.
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Joseph’s Story The Cellular lever is essential to the homeostasis of an entire organism. In this case study you will learn the impact that a Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) has on heart cells. The Patient (Joseph) is a 38 year old male who started back smoking after quitting for 3 years. He has been busy working long hours and the stress of his job was wearing on his body. Joseph was playing catch with his 12 year old Marcus when his heart stopped beating. Do to the loss of Oxygen‚ Blood
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Executive Summary Fibrinolytic therapy has been a significant means of establishing reperfusion in patients whom have had a myocardial infarction or some sort of blood clot. However‚ limitations to the use of thrombolytic therapy that must be taken in to account are intracranial bleeding‚ inability to start thrombosis in Myocardial Infarction flow in patients‚ and high percentage of recurrent ischemia and reocclusion. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become known
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Classification There are two basic types of acute myocardial infarction based on pathology: Transmural: associated with atherosclerosis involving a major coronary artery. It can be subclassified into anterior‚ posterior‚ inferior‚ lateral or septal. Transmural infarcts extend through the whole thickness of the heart muscle and are usually a result of complete occlusion of the area’s blood supply.[13] In addition‚ on ECG‚ ST elevation and Q waves are seen. Subendocardial: involving a small area
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Clinical Dental Hygiene II - DDH250 Ms. Oddo / Ms Foreign February 5‚ 2014 Abstract Today one of the most fatal heart conditions that has developed would be atherosclerosis. atherosclerosis is usually the cause of myocardial infarctions‚ angina pectoris‚ and peripheral vascular disease. The statement in WebMD‚ What is Athersclerosis‚ by Dr. James Beckerman states that cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in America with more than 800‚000 deaths in 2005. Atherosclerosis
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