Hypertensive heart disease is obviously caused by high blood pressure. High blood pressure means the pressure inside the blood vessels‚ which is arteries is too high. As the heart pumps‚ it must pump against the pressure‚ so it must work harder. Gradually‚ the heart muscles will be thicken. Sometimes it does not get enough oxygen because the muscle is too thick. It influenced your heart to pump regularly and its functions. These changes could effect the thickening and enlargement of the heart (left ventricle)
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Coronary heart disease Heart disease is leading cause of the death in the United States for both men and woman. (NIH‚ 2016) In 2014 614‚348 deaths were reported to be caused by heart disease. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2015) Approximately 14 million people experience coronary artery disease and it is responsible for 20 percent of all US deaths. (F Brian Boudi‚ 2016) Statistics shows that men are more likely to experience CAD than women. (F Brian Boudi‚ 2016) The center for Disease Control
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through a program called Mercy Variety Yucatan Heart Program. This program was started back in 1979 (Mercy‚ 2009). It has grown throughout the years and now has benefited almost 900 children. A lot of time‚ effort‚ money‚ and planning goes into this project. Each February a team of doctors‚ nurses‚ and clinical staff travel to the cities of Campeche and Merida in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. This team then opens a week long clinic for children with heart problems and defects. In this week approximately
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Some heart diseases are silent and deadly; they give no warnings or symptoms until the victim collapses. It is only after an autopsy that survivors find out that their loved one had a heart condition. A top high school basketball player with multiple scholarship offers suddenly falls to the court during a game and dies. His autopsy shows hypertrophic cardiomyopathy‚ a congenital heart disease. His parents had no idea. He worked out every day and was in top physical condition. He was on two varsity
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Cardiomyopathy also known as the “heart muscle disease” is a deterioration of the function of the myocardium. This sometimes leads to heart failure. People with this disease are often at risk of dangerous forms of irregular heartbeat and sudden cardiac death. The term cardiomyopathy generally apply’s to any disease affecting the heart. Usually it is used for severe myocardial disease leading to heart failure. Different cases of myocardial diseases can be categorized as extrinsic or intrinsic. The
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issues of heart disease. Truly‚ bringing awareness to the underlying causative factors of heart disease is very important in a society‚ as we are seeing heart disease manifesting in people of all ages and people of all ethnic backgrounds. Equally important is bringing awareness to ways of preventing or decreasing heart disease in the United States. A few years back‚ heart disease was thought to be more prevalent in the older population within the society. Unfortunately‚ today heart disease is known
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Did you know that about 610‚000 people die each year from heart disease just in the United States? The increase of obesity in our country has caused an increase in heart diseases within people throughout the years. It’s scary information to know‚ but it’s also useful to inspire people to make some changes in their life today. I know what you’re thinking; how can I prevent myself from getting a heart disease? Well‚ we’ll tell you; it’s actually not that hard to reduce the risk! Just a little exercise
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to lower the dead rate from heart disease. As a member of the committee‚ decide which of the following two projects should receive the $20 million. Project 1: Develop an artificial human heart. Project 2: Inform the public about the link between heart disease and lifestyle. Take a decision and justify it. Take notes about your ideas because in the next class you’re going to have a small discussion with your classmates. Results: I will vote for the human heart‚ my first reason is because
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major health problems and environmental issues that pose a serious threat. With all the money that goes in to these industries many things are kept from the public unless you do research. In the developed world‚ heart disease and cancer ravish the land and kill millions each year; heart disease alone kills approximately 17 million people each year and cancer‚ approximately 7.6 million each year (World Health Organization). Two of the top causes of death in the developing world are starvation‚ killing
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of the culturally and racially indicated diseases states‚ such as type 2 diabetes‚ cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular diseases are not as prevalent as coronary heart disease and other related diseases such as heart failure‚ high blood pressure‚ elevated cholesterol and obesity. For this paper the focus will remain on the population of Caucasian males located in this geographic area with the generally categorized chronic disease state of heart disease. This category will include conditions such
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