Cardiovascular Artery Disease

Heart disease is the number on killer in the United States. Nearly 787,000 people in the U.S. died from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases in 2011. That’s about one of every three deaths in America. About 2,150 Americans die each day from these diseases.

In Falcon’s report “Heart Disease” he anatomically describes the heart as “a fist sized organ located in the lower left quarter of the chest…[consisting] of four chambers: the right and left atria on top and the right and left ventricles at the bottom” (Falcon). While the heart is one of the smaller organs in the body, it has an enormous and important job to do; deliver nutrient carrying blood to the tissues in the human body. In people with heart disease, the heart is impeded and cannot efficiently deliver nutrients and oxygen to structures such as our muscles or our brain. This is one of the reasons that heart disease is so deadly; when our body structures are deprived of necessary nutrients, they begin to breakdown. The term “heart disease” encompasses a wide variety of

This chronic disease is also known as atherosclerosis and is characterized as a fatty plaque build-up in arteries which blocks the blood flow to the vital organs in ours bodies; with the heart being the main target. This potentially life-threatening blockage results in starvation and deprivation of oxygen enriched blood and vital nutrients that are necessary for the heart to maintain proper function; and that is being able to pump blood efficiently. Typically, it is said that the process of heart disease may begin during childhood years of an individual’s life. In a healthy individual; our arteries start out smooth and elastic, allowing effortless blood flow to our hearts and throughout our bodies. As this cholesterol-laden plaque begin to accumulate within the walls of blood vessels (which may be caused by a poor diet, and lack of physical activity, or simply hereditary) the vessels become inflamed. With the body’s effort in healing itself, this destructing plaque begins to release substances such as lipoprotenins, calcium, and inflammatory cells throughout the bloodstream.

According to the “(CDC) Center of Disease Control heart disease is the number one leading cause of death in america. If you have heart disease then you have a higher chance of cardiac arrest or a heart attack.”

Over the past few years cardiovascular diseases have become the number one global cause of death. These diseases were first discovered 3,500 years ago with the Egyptians, and ever since then the causes have been pretty much the same. Although there are things that can be done to either increase or decrease the chances of getting heart disease. “Heart diseases describe a range of conditions that affect the heart” (Sheen 1). It can range from a myocardial infarction- a heart attack-, to a cerebral vascular disease, which is a disease of the blood vessels. Either way these diseases can impact the life of people in many negative aspects. Cardiovascular diseases have become the number one cause in global death due to the bad habits, diets, stress, and natural and chemical causes that the global population has.

I work in the coronary care unit. Coronary artery disease is the most common chronic disease I see in my patients. According to American Heart Association, heart disease is the no. 1 cause of death in the United States, killing over 370,000 people a year (Heart and Stroke Statistics, 2015). It also states that about 750,000 people in the U.S. have heart attacks each year among them, about 116,000 die. It is scary to know that cardiovascular disease claims more lives each

can be dreadful for the people diagnosed with this disease, as well as for their caregivers. One of

According to the WHO, cardiovascular diseases have been the leading cause of death globally claiming 17 million lives a year, more deaths than all cancer combined (Chiu and Radisic, 2013). Cardiovascular disease is responsible for a preponderance of health problems and its impact is expected to grow further as the population ages. In the UK, NHS spends about £7.74 billion as the expenditure to deal with cardiovascular diseases (Barton et al., 2011). Cardiovascular disease in the form of myocardial infarction has become the principle cause of death in developed countries, accounting for nearly 40% of all deaths (http://www.bhf.org.uk/). Congenital heart defects, which occur in nearly 14 of every 1000 new-born children, is another tragic fact that baffles medical industry (http://www.heart.org/). About 61 million Americans (almost one-fourth of the population) live with cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, congenital cardiovascular defects, and congestive heart failure.

heart disease is said to be the number one killer in women (A.H.E.M. Maas et

Heart Disease mainly consists of coronary artery disease, congestive failure and disease, cardiac arrest, high blood pressure, arrhythmia, and strokes (Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention) The most occurring condition is

contribute to the cause of this disease such as family history or age.. Many treatment options are

Most people do not identify that cardiovascular disease is the primary cause of death and has the most modifiable risk factors to prevent cardiovascular disease.

The most common heart disease that most people have is coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease tends to cause heart attacks. When a substance of plaque builds up in your arteries, heart disease may occur. When plaque builds up, a person’s arteries can narrow over time, limiting blood flow to the heart. This could also block the blood flow. This process is called

Cardiovascular diseases include those conditions that influence the functionality and structure design of the heart. The American Heart Association has identified cardiovascular disease as one of the leaders in deaths of people in the U.S. An estimate of nearly 801,000 of Americans die every year due to cardiovascular diseases, meaning that there is an average death of one person out of every three caused by heart disease. Research conducted in the year 2017 by the American Heart Association reported that each day, 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease. This means that there

study showed that 20 people died from the disease in Britain in 1 year. Also, every year there are