and primarily target men over 65. As with oncology‚ cardiovascular services is expected to grow rapidly over the next five years with an average growth of services to be an increase of 23%. The largest demand of service focus area will be coronary artery disease‚ diagnostic cath procedures and angioplasties. Since 15% of the service area will be over 65 in the next five years‚ the demand for state of the art‚ cardiovascular and oncology services will surely be on the rise. In addition to the increase
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1. Coronary Artery Disease is briefly described as a plaque blockage cutting off 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
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Complete Health History • Biographical Data J.S. 67 year-old‚ white-female‚ widowed‚ resides in central Florida‚ retired RN‚ adopted (parents unkown). • Source of History Client-patient. • Is this a reliable source? Yes. • Reason for Seeking Care Routine visit. • Present Health or History of Present Illness Irregular bowel movements: constipation “Constipation aside I feel healthy and happy. It’s unfortunate how uncomfortable not being able to move bowels are. Everyday it’s the same thing and
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coronary heart disease. 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: 1. Heart Failure Heart failure is a condition where the heart can not supply the bloodstream to fulfill the needs of the body and potentially deadly. This type of heart disease have some symptoms including: swelling in the feet and hands‚ the addition or subtraction of weight before swelling due to fluid excessive‚ short
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cholesterol will be this high. Having high cholesterol can cause major health problems. It can cause you to have heart problems. There can be a blockage in the arteries. It is when the cholesterol blocks the blood going to the brain and heart. When there is to much fat and plague‚ it builds up on the walls of the arteries and becomes hardened. The arteries become narrowed down‚ causing the blood and oxygen to move slowly to the heart and to the brain. When the blood is reduced‚ you can have a
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tissues in the arteries‚ and arteries can be harmed by blockage such as fatty deposits. These fatty deposit can trigger the heart to pump harder the normal pushing blood past the fatty buildup. Stress can damage the arteries of the increased pressure. Atherosclerotic diseases can also lead to aneurysm‚ people who associate with the atherosclerotic disease have a form of plaque buildup in their arteries. This specific build up is due to hard substance called plaque that damages the arteries and prevents
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Terms: 1. Angina pectoris. 2. Noncommunicable disease. 3. Hypertension. 4. Arrhythmias. 5. Tumor. 6. Metastasis. 7. Carcinogen. 8. Biopsy. 9. Allergy. 10. Diabetes. 11. Rheumatoid arthritis 12. Profound deafness. 13. Mental retardation. 14. Americans with Disabilities Act. Recalling the Facts: 1. Hypertension is called the “silent killer” because it has no symptoms in its early stages. 2. Plaque can build up in the artery walls‚ which can cause the arteries to thicken and lose their elasticity. 3. Many
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Attacked from Inside What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.? Many people would guess cancer‚ but they would be wrong. The leading cause of death over the past few years has been heart disease. Last year‚ heart diseases claimed the lives of more than 600‚000 Americans. The most common of these is acute myocardial infarction‚ better known as a heart attack. Each year‚ about 720‚000 Americans suffer from a heart attack. That averages to almost two thousand heart attack cases a day! So why
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Coronary Heart Disease Coronary heart disease‚ also called coronary artery disease or ischemic heart disease‚ it characterized by an inadequate supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle (myocardium) because of narrowing or blocking of a coronary artery by fatty plaques. If the oxygen depletion is extreme‚ the effect may be a myocardial infarction (heart attack); if the deprivation is insufficient to cause infarction (death of a section of heart muscle)‚ the effect may be angina pectoris
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or analysis of the ailment can be seen through three different lenses: illness seen from oneself‚ disease seen by physicians and medical professionals and sickness seen through society at large. In their book Body Matter‚ James and Kevin Aho describe bodily afflictions as seen from the perspective of these three audiences. As a means to further describe ailments through phenomenology‚ heart disease
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