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Coronary Artery Disease Beta Blockers
2,277 words... and if worse come to worse surgery and the most important thing to counteract this heart problem is self help because this heart problem can be decreased with proper self motivation. It is very important for patients to tell their doctors of the symptoms as honestly and accurately as possible. The doctor will need to know about other symptoms that may distinguish angina from other conditions, such as esophagitis, pleurisy, costochondritis, pericarditis, a broken rib, a pinched nerve, a ruptu...
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Coronary Artery Disease Part Of My Life
1,494 words1. To explain how chemistry is part of my life. A. An in depth look at heart disease. C. Explanation on how chemistry is used to treat and in some cases cure heart A. Recap on how chemistry is part of my life and everyone's life. B. Elude to the horrors of a world without chemistry. A merciless killer stalks the people of this country. No one can run and no one can hide, but there is a hope. The application of chemistry in the treatment of heart disease is the key to ceasing this villain from cl...
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Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Arteries
2,588 words... e-age, a high cholesterol level can be expected. It has been proven that about the only thing smoking do is shorten a person's life. Despite all the warnings by the surgeon general, people still manage to find an excuse to quit smoking. Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide, radioactive polonium, nicotine, arsenious oxide, benzo pyrene, and levels of radon and molybdenum that are TWENTY times the allowable limit for ambient factory air. The two agents that have the most significant effect...
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Coronary Artery Disease Heart Disease
885 wordsIt is the time of progress. The time of supercomputers, space shuttles, and many other wonders of technology. We have walked on the moon. We do our shopping at home via Internet navigation. We can not only talk with, but we can see the person we are talking to thousands of miles away. It is mankind's greatest hour. Yet sadly, it is also our time of dying. Strange that no matter how advanced our society has become, our nation's health hasn't caught up. After all, heart disease, also known as card...
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Coronary Artery Disease High Blood Pressure
2,644 wordsAneurysm-This term refers to a localized dilation of an artery or chamber of the heart. The behavior and prognosis for aneurysms varies, depending on their size and location. Aneurysms of the heart are usually the result of a prior heart attack. They generally don't require surgical resection. They may result in congestive heart failure and arrhythmias. Aneurysms of the main artery of the body, the aorta, generally require resection once they reach a certain size-anywhere from 4. 5 to 6. 0 centi...
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Low Blood Pressure Beats Per Minute
2,499 words... when they occur in the cardiac cycle as well as by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. MVP-see Mitral Valve Prolapse. Myocardial Infarction-Death of a region of the muscle supplied by an occluded coronary artery. This is commonly referred to as a 'heart attack. ' A previously stable atherosclerotic plaque in a coronary artery-one that was only partially occluding the artery and producing either a stable anginal pattern or no symptoms at all-ruptures its surface due to shear stress ...
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Coronary Arteries Beta Blockers
2,398 words... ot a frank heart attack. The condition is stabilized with antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, nitrates and beta blockers. Diagnostically, an angiogram or (after stabilization) a stress test is often performed to confirm whether or not the presenting symptoms were truly from the heart and if so, whether an angioplasty or bypass operation is needed. RETURN TO TOP -V- Varicose Veins-These are dilated veins in the legs that do not drain the blood out of the legs properly. They occur with aging ...
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Coronary Heart Disease Density Lipoprotein
1,576 words... flow from the right atrium into the right ventricle. When the right ventricle beats or contracts, the blood flows through the pulmonary valve and into the lungs where it becomes oxygenated. The oxygenated blood returns to the heart, pooling in the left atrium. The mitral valve allows the blood to pass from the left atrium to the left ventricle. When the left ventricle contracts the blood travels through the aortic valve into the aortic arch for distribution throughout the body. (Cardiac, Hea...
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Coronary Heart Disease World Health Organization
2,243 words... to make the vessels stronger. But the number of calories must depend on the amount of the physical activity. These fats may be either burnt or gone to the tissues of the body. It is necessary in order to avoid the CHD to minimize the amount of animal fats in the ration, not to eat fried foods. Nerve and psychological factors are also important means of causing the CHD. And thus good emotional background and lack of stresses is an excellent preventive measure in terms of the CHD and other car...
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Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Heart Disease
5,798 wordsINTRODUCTION In todays society, people are gaining medical knowledge at quite a fast pace. Treatments, cures, and vaccines for various diseases and disorders are being developed constantly, and yet, coronary heart disease remains the number one killer in the world. The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse, homicides, AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80 % of all sudden deaths. In fact, the num...
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Drug Interactions Drug Therapy
1,011 wordsGastroesophageal Reflux Disease Robert Super Longitudinal Care Dr. Slater 3 / 26 / 01 Overview of GERD 10 % of all Americans experience GERD Low mortality rate approximately 1 death per 100, 000 persons Largely effects QOL: more than angina, menopause, untreated HTN, mild CHF GERD is defined as: Clinical or histological disorder resulting from gastric materials refluxing into the esophagus This reflux causes a breakdown of the esophageal mucosa Pathophysiology of GERD Excessive reflux of gastric...
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Coronary Artery Disease Heart Disease
809 wordsIt Heart Disease Heart Disease It is the time of progress. The time of supercomputers, space shuttles, and many other wonders of technology. We have walked on the moon. We do our shopping at home via Internet navigation. We can not only talk with, but we can see the person we are talking to thousands of miles away. It is mankind s greatest hour. Yet sadly, it is also our time of dying. Strange that no matter how advanced our society has become, our nation s health hasn t caught up. After all, he...
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Myocardial Infarction Coronary Arteries
562 wordsWhen Myocardial Infarction MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION When someone has a myocardial infarction (MI) people think a cold, right? Well its not, its a heart attack! Its the number one cause of death in the United States and kills about 330, 000 Americans each year. People dont realize how big the effect of a heart attack is until they experience their own. By then it is to late! Here are some information explaining the causes, symptoms, and the solution of a heart attack that will help you, your family,...
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Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Arteries
746 wordsQUESTION: What is Angina? And what is the cure? RESPONSE: Angina refers to the pain arising from lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle. Typically, it is a crushing pain behind the breastbone in the center of the chest, brought on by exertion and relieved by rest. It may at times radiate to or arise in the left arm, neck, jaw, left chest, or back. It is frequently accompanied by sweating, palpitations of the heart, and generally lasts a matter of minutes. Similar pain syndromes may be...
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