Cardiology

Definition: Angina is a term used for chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle. It is a symptom of coronary artery disease. Angina is typically described as squeezing, pressure, heaviness, tightness, and/or pain in your chest. Another name for angina is Angina Pectoris, it can be a recurring problem or sudden, acute health concern. Symptoms: • Chest pain • Discomfort • Pain in arms, neck, jaw, shoulder, or back accompanying chest pain • Nausea • Fatigue • Shortness of breath •…

Stroke in women Stroke is the third common cause of mortality and a leading cause of disability.The National Commission on Macroeconomics & Health in India projected about 1.6 million cases of stroke in 2015 with death occurring in one fourth of cases. Women have a higher incidence of stroke across the world. The gender wise data are not available in India. The women in India are less likely to receive medical care and are at a increased risk of having stroke. Stroke occurs if there is a problem…

For many years, open-heart surgery has been the sole option when it comes to valvereplacements in the heart. Today, with the help of fluoroscopy, a non-surgical approach has beenevolving and is changing the face of medicine. Transcatheter Valve Replacement (TVR), is apercutaneous technique that uses fluoroscopic guidance to replace a diseased or dysfunctionalvalve without ever having to go under the knife. To be able to intervene percutaneously is the“most exciting advancement in the treatment…

Impaired Spontaneous Ventilation The definition of Impaired Spontaneous Ventilation is decreased energy reserves resulting in an inability to maintain independent breathing adequate to support life (Ladwig, Ackley, & Makic Flynn, 2014). The patient suffering from Myasthenia Gravis (MG) and Gillian Barre Syndrome (GBS) have an autoimmune nervous system disorder, resulting in respiratory muscle weakness that can lead to Impaired spontaneous Ventilation. MG starts from the head and moves…

The human heart contains a specialized conduction system through which it can create and transmit electrical impulses without any external neural input. The main components of the conduction system of the heart include the SA node, AV node, Bundle of His and the Purkinje fibers. The sinoatrial node (also known as SA node) is a natural pacemaker and is responsible for depolarization of the right and left atrium. This produces a P wave on the EKG reading which is normally 0.1 second and its normal…

Katia Mahotiere Southeastern College Cholesterol and Heart Disease High blood cholesterol is one of the main factors for heart disease in men and women in the United States. The relationship between cholesterol and coronary heart disease is when too much blood cholesterol build up in the artery wall causing narrowing of the artery causing too much blood cholesterol to build up in the artery wall causing narrowing of the artery also known as Atherosclerosis. Narrowing of the…

INTRODUCTION Ischaemic heart disease is the most cause of death in all over the world. When Andreas Gruentzig performed PTCA in human, we have also opened the interventional era which significantly decrease the death cause by Cardial Vascular Disease, especially in Acute Myocardial Infartion. Over 30 years, the ratio of patient admitted to the hospital for myocardial Infarction dramatically decrease from 46,086 to 18,691 per year in 2008 . With the same trend, the proportion ST – segment…

Heart disease is very prevalent all over the country, in Cuyahoga County it is the number one killer (Cuyahoga County Board of Health, 2010). Thankfully, the Cleveland Clinic is right in our back yard, it is ranked the number one heart program in the United States. For those who need the care, it is very assessable. The average age for a first heart attack is 53.2 and for female it is 60 (Cuyahoga County Board of Health, 2010). Throughout this paper I will discuss heart disease and its…

Heart failure results in low cardiac output and inadequate filling of the arteries which causes the heart to be unable to pump enough blood to meet with tissue demand of oxygen and nutrients. Consequently, the neurohormonal system activates several feedback mechanisms. The baroreceptors in the aortic arch and carotid sinus that normally inhibit sympathetic nervous system activity are blunted in the patient who is experiencing heart failure. This results in high levels of circulating…

K.D.. has a diagnosis of acute congested heart failure. Heart failure is the inability of the heart to work effectively as a pump. It is a common chronic health problem with acute episodes often causing hospitalization. Over five million people in the United States have heart failure causing about 875,000 hospitalizations each year acute coronary disease and other structural or functional problems of the heart can lead to acute heart failure. Both acute and chronic heart failure can be life…