Cardiovascular Disease And Heart Disease

The cardiovascular disease defines conditions that affect the heart or blood vessels. Thrombosis, which emanates from blood clots, reduced blood flow to the heart, brain and the rest of the body. When fatty acids deposit in the artery, it hardens and narrows. These issues lead to stroke, coronary heart disease, aortic disease and peripheral arterial disease. Coronary heart disease occurs due to a reduced or blocked flow of oxygen-rich blood to the heart. It is a result of accumulated fats in the coronary arteries. Coronary arteries are a set of blood vessels that take blood to the heart. When they become narrow, the heart gets less of a supply of blood and oxygen causing chest pains, called angina or a heart attack, explains VanMeter &

Another word used to describe a heart attack is myocardial infarction, cardiac infarction and coronary thrombosis. A heart attack is the death of a part of the heart caused by the loss of blood supply. The blood supply is usually gone due to a coronary artery being blocked by a blood clot. When a part of a heart artery breaks a blood clot forms around the piece. This blood clot can block the blood flow through the heart muscle. When the heart muscle needs oxygen it is called ischemia. When damage of a part of the heart muscle happens it’s called a heart attack. During a heart attack damage occurs depending on the size of the area blocked by the blood clot as well as the time between the actual heart attack and the treatment. Even though the heart may be hurt, the rest of the organs work with no problems. However, it will not pump as much blood as it used to in order to supply the same amount of blood to all of the parts of the body.

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.

Cardiovascular disease is an umbrella term for various conditions which have a detrimental effect on how well the heart and blood vessels function. The most common type of cardiovascular disease

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a common cardiovascular disease that occurs when the coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart muscles are narrowed or blocked by fatty materials build-up over time. There are 2 forms of coronary heart disease, angina and myocardial infarction. CHD results in 70,000 deaths each year, making it the single biggest cause of death in the UK. More than 2.3 million people are currently living with CHD (British Heart Foundation, 2014). CHD has always been wrongly perceived as a man’s disease due to the fact that men more than women have a higher rate of obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption and other cardiovascular diseases that put them under the risk of developing CHD (Barrett-Connor, 1997). However, social determinants, such as socioeconomic position, employment status and family demand can have significant impact on women’s health profile despite the fact that they seem to be protected from CHD biologically by oestrogen (EDMUNDS, 2000). Sir Donald Acheson mentioned in his Independent Inquiry into Inequality in Health Report that “Health inequalities are the outcome of causal chains which run back into and from the basic structure of society”(Acheson, 1998). Employment and family structure being the most basic, however essential components of the human society can affect women’s physical health and shape their psychological characteristics to a great extent. This essay aims to compare the differences of employment and family structure of

Throughout the US, heart disease is known as one of the most common causes of death. However, this disease is not narrowed down to just one disease. Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect the heart. Diseases under the “umbrella” of heart disease include blood vessel diseases like coronary artery disease as the inner walls of arteries are lined with plaque overtime, and also includes arrhythmias and congenital heart defects which you’re born with. In addition to this different diseases associated with heart disease, heart disease is also known as “cardiovascular disease.” According to Mayo Clinic, “Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke.” Unfortunately, uncontrollable factors such as genetics are some of the leading causes of heart disease, along with eating habits.

Cardiovascular Disease which is also called Heart Disease is a term used to cover the many conditions which enables the heart to perform normally. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, heart disease is the highest cause of hospitalization in Canada (2011). I will be reviewing the most preventable heart disease called Coronary Artery Disease.

An inherited killer, Cardiovascular diseases are quite devastating. From medical bills to lost sleep cardiovascular disease can destroy many families. In today's world, there is a rise in the US population adopting unhealthy lifestyles that lead to cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular diseases are also known as heart diseases. This is a class of diseases that affect the heart and the blood vessels. The blood vessels are the arteries, capillaries, and the veins. The various diseases that fall under the term cardiovascular disease include coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure, high blood pressure and stroke. The more common form of cardiovascular disease is Coronary Heart Disease or Coronary Artery Disease. The Coronary Artery

The American Heart Institute states, "your heart muscle needs oxygen to survive. A heart attack occurs when the blood flow that brings oxygen to the heart muscle is severely reduced or cut off completely … When damage or death of part of the heart muscle occurs as a result of

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death in the United States (Swain, 2013, p.619). On average, CVD kills 17.1 million people a year in the United States (Swain, 2013, p.619). CVD encompasses sub diseases that affect the heart and the circulatory system. Myocardial infarction is a life-threatening product of CVD and is commonly known as a heart attack. Blood flow is occluded to a section of the heart in response to thrombus which is a blood clot formed in the vessel. The occluded section results in heart muscle death (Swain, 2013, p.619). Every year, an average of 785,000 United States citizens die from a myocardial infarction; of those: 470,000 will have a recurrent episode (Balady et al., 2011). Within five years of the initial myocardial infarction 22% of men and women will suffer a fatal myocardial infarction or fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) (Balady et al., 2011). Cardiac rehabilitation is a form of secondary prevention used post myocardial infarction, with chronic stable angina, heart failure, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Cardiac rehabilitation aims to stabilize the condition, slow the progressive rate of the disease, and in some instances reverse CVD (Balady et al., 2011).

The Cardiovascular disease, also known as CVD, is a very comma disease and it kills. I chose to write about it because it caused over 40% of deaths in the U.S. It kills over a million Americans a year. That is a huge amount of people dying and we don’t try stopping it will keep on increasing.

This slow process is known as Atherosclerosis. When a plaque in a heart artery breaks, a blood clot forms around the plaque. This blood clot can block the blood flow through the heart muscle. When the heart muscle is starved for oxygen and nutrients, it is called Ischemia. When damage or death of part of the heart muscle occurs as a result of ischemia, it is called a heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI). About every 34 seconds, someone in the United States has a myocardial infarction (heart attack)” (“Atherosclerosis”)

Heart attack is blockage of blood flow to heart muscle. Heart attack is also called myocardial infraction. Heart muscles needs oxygen to survive. A heart attack happens when the flow of oxygen rich blood to a section of heart muscle suddenly becomes blocked and the heart cannot get oxygen. If blood flow is not restored quickly, the section of heart muscle begins to die. This happens because coronary arteries that supply the heart muscles with blood flow can slowly become narrow from build-up of fat, cholesterol and other substances.

     Heart attack occurs when a blood clot suddenly and completely blocks a diseased coronary artery, resulting in the death of the heart muscle cells supplied by that artery. Coronary and Coronary Thrombosis 2 are terms that can refer to a heart attack. Another term, Acute Myocardial Infarction 2, means death of heart muscle due to an inadequate blood supply.

A heart attack, also known as a myocardial infarction, usually occurs when a blood clot forms inside a coronary artery at the site of an atherosclerotic plaque. The blood clot severely limits or completely cuts off blood flow to part of the heart. In a small percentage of cases, blood flow is cut off when the muscles in the artery wall contract suddenly, constricting the artery. This constriction, called vasospasm, can occur in an artery that is only slightly narrowed by atherosclerosis or even in a healthy artery. Regardless of the cause of a heart attack, the oxygen deprivation is so severe and prolonged that heart muscle cells begin to die for lack of oxygen. About 1.1 million people in the United States have a heart attack every year;