Heart Disease • What is Heart Disease? Heart disease is any disorder which affects the heart. Almost half of heart diseases are from coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease is responsible for 82‚000 deaths in the UK each year – an average of 224 people a day. o Coronary Heart Disease Coronary heart disease affects the coronary arteries‚ which supply the heart muscle itself with the glucose and oxygen that it requires for respiration. • Atheroma Atheroma is a fatty deposit that forms
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documented heart disease but may have risk factors including a poor diet. I will present a power point with discussion to a middle-aged African American male who presented to the emergency room with chest pain and was admitted to rule out a myocardial infarction. The patient’s wife and two children are present at the bedside. I will provide the patient and his family with education regarding a heart healthy diet prior to discharge mid-afternoon. Physical resources present in the patient’s room are
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blood flow to your heart. Cholesterol deposits slowly‚ over decades‚ build up in the vessel wall and cause a decrease in blood flow. A patient with decreased blood flow to the heart may have angina‚ shortness of breath‚ and in some cases a myocardial infarction. 2. Mr. S’s BMI is calculated using his height and weight‚ once I did the calculation I determined that Mr. S’s BMI is 25.8‚ and according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute he is categorized as “overweight”‚ but just barely.
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and BNP tests that are used to diagnose cardiovascular conditions such as acute myocardial infarction‚ coronary syndromes‚ and heart failure. These tests help to detect the enzymes released during heart failure and in other critical cardiac conditions that release creatine kinase‚ troponin‚ LDH isoenzymes‚ and BNP. These tests also help medical professionals to understand and differentiate between myocardial infarction and angina‚ which assists in diagnosis and treatment. Covered in this Report
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deaths worldwide and is responsible for one-third of all deaths in the United States (Scrutinio‚ Temporelli‚ Passantino‚ & Giannuzzi‚ 2009). Inpatient interventions are utilized to improve quality of life and reduce the risk of future myocardial infarctions (MI); however‚ the delivery of education following an MI plays a huge role in determining whether patients are successful with recovery (Pattenden‚ Watt‚ Lewin‚ & Stanford‚ 2002). Deciding how a patient prefers follow-up contact after
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is achieved by decreasing the cardiac output‚ decreasing sympathetic outflow from the CNS‚ as well as suppressing renin release which reduces peripheral vascular resistance. (www.drugs.com) The primary indication for Metoprolol is in post myocardial infarction and management of angina. Early administration of Metoprolol within hours of AMI has been shown to reduce mortality in these patients. (Hoffman et al.‚ 2000) Other indications include treatment of hypertension. It is one of the preferred
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was therefore replaced by neurohormonal model‚ which involves Reninangiotensin-aldosterone-system sympathetic nervous system1‚ (RAAS) 3 . RAAS and is summarized in Figure 1. The activation of RAAS leads to vasoconstriction‚ oedema and myocardial fibrosis‚ which are induced by Angiotensin II1. proven to be very efficient in HF by numerous clinical studies2-4. SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS HF involves many symptoms such as dyspnoea (rest or exercise)‚ paroxystic nocturnal dyspnoea‚ fatigue‚ and ankle
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leave behind on the endothelium of an artery‚ platelets accumulate at the area and form a blood clot. This can lead to a complete blockage of the artery and could even block blood flowing to the heart muscle. Therefore‚ this will lead to a myocardial infarction. This substantiates that anything that increases blood pressure‚ also increases the risk of coronary heart disease e.g. being overweight and having an unhealthy diet. Embracing an unhealthy lifestyle can also lead to heart disease‚ for instance
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The most common test is an ECG which is a simple‚ painless test that records the electrical activity and rhythm of the heart. During an acute myocardial infarction‚ the ECG evolves through three stages: T wave peaking followed by T wave inversion‚ ST segment elevation and appearance of new Q waves. Any of these changes may be present without any of the others. (Thaler‚ 2012) An abnormal reading does not
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inside a blood vessel‚ obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. It can result in anoxia‚ the complete deprivation of oxygen and infarction‚ and even tissue death. Twelve million people worldwide are killed every year by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral thrombosis‚ cerebral infarction‚ myocardial infarction‚ coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. It equals to nearly onefourth of global death toll. Incidence of cardiovascular diseases keeps rising
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