You are working in the internal medicine clinic of a large teaching hospital. Today your first patient is 70-year-old J.M, a man who has been coming to the clinic for several years for management of CAD and HTN. A cardiac catheterization done a year ago showed 50% stenosis of the circumflex coronary artery. He has had episodes of dizziness for the past 6 months and orthostatic hypotension, shoulder discomfort, and decreased exercise tolerance for the past 2 months. On his last clinic visit 3 weeks ago, a CXR showed cardiomegaly and a 12-lead ECG showed sinus tachycardia with left bundle branch block. You review his morning blood work and initial assessment.…
In this article, a system was designed and built in order to receive, store, process, analyze, and display heart electrical signal wirelessly on cell phone. This device has small size, light weight, low power consumption, and appropriate price. The doctor or the nurse is able to receive and observe heart signal on their own cell phone only by installing the proper program and loading the related file. This device is also capable to calculate patient’s consumption calories and store the value; and also has a data base consisting of medical and drug information for increasing the awareness of patient about heart diseases. The obtained results from recording and displaying heart signal on cell phone by designed system has an…
The understanding of the pathophysiology of many cardiovascular diseases is evolving rapidly, especially atherosclerosis, hypertension, myocardial, ischemia,…
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.…
The left ventricle pumps blood through the aorta to all body parts (such as your little finger)…
1. CVD remains the most expensive disease group in Australia, costing about $5.9 billion in 2004–05 with just over half of this money spent on patients admitted to hospital.1…
Heart desease is a condition that affect the structure and functions of the heart and has many root causes. There are many types of heart diseases. Including:…
There are many different types of heart diseases. Coronary seems to be the main form.…
Public health promotes healthy living for each community through epidemiology. Disease prevention and control is the common goal of epidemiology, nursing practice, and public health. “Epidemiology is the study of the population in order to monitor the health of the population, understand the determinants of health and disease in the community, and investigate and evaluate interventions to prevent disease and maintain health” (Stanhope & Lancaster. 2008). Epidemiologists have developed many parameters to slow the spread of disease. For example, cardiovascular disease including hypertension, coronary heart disease, and rhythmic disorders have become increasingly common with advancing age across the country.…
The image of death is constantly feared by both the healthy and the sick. Death can be caused by many factors but one question remains: What are the leading causes of death? Heart disease is one of these causes averaging about 610,000 death in America each year.() There are so many deaths from just one cause but does being diagnosed with heart disease only result in death? When one gets tested for any sort of heart disease, one thing to think about is your body’s new limitations, the transfer of genetics with heart disease, and the high costs for treatment. People stress that there is only one side effect for the world's first leading cause in death when there are many more to be weary of.…
Some 7 million Americans suffer from coronary heart disease (CHD), the most common form of heart disease. This type of heart disease is caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries that feed the heart.…
There are a great number of diseases such as cancer and HIV around the world. However, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now arousing public attention due to its increasing effect on populations. ‘Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the name for the group of disorders of heart and blood vessels such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular diseases’ (WHO, 2012). CVD has enormous impacts on health and kills an estimated 17 million individuals worldwide annually (Mandal, 2012). A great amount of research explicitly indicates some causes. The most important factors of CVD are unhealthy lifestyle, tobacco use and alcohol abuse. To avoid suffering from CVD, individuals should engage in regular physical activities, choose a balanced diet, and reduce consumption of tobacco and alcohol. The following assignment will analyze the causes of cardiovascular disease.…
Cardiovascular disease is a general name for a wide variety of diseases, disorders and conditions that affect the heart and sometimes the blood vessels as well.…
Cardiovascular disease is a killer of many African American women in the United States. Cardiovascular disease does affect men as well. Cardiovascular disease— affects hypertension, heart disease, and stroke many experts estimate that one in two women will die of a stroke or heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is a health condition that affects the blood vessels and heart. This includes stroke (brain attack), coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease (permanent heart valve damage from rheumatic fever) and hypertension (high blood pressure). Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of disability and premature death among men and women of all ethnic and racial groups.…
A patient has received too much warfarin. The nurse will prepare to give which antidote for warfarin toxicity?…