Heart Attacks: Echocardiography

Post hospital stay and admission of the cardiac patient post cardiac event will be provided education on cardiac rehabilitation programs. The length of cardiac rehabilitation programs differ according to the cardiac patient’s condition, cardiac health needs the patient requires and the cardiac event the patient has encountered. Cardiac rehabilitation programs are provided in an outpatient clinic or may also be implemented in the cardiac patients home. Cardiac rehabilitation in a patient’s home is inclusive of, telephone support, online Heart Education Assessment and Rehabilitation Toolkit (HEART), and home visits from services in the community, (Recommended Framework for Cardiac Rehabilitation, 2004). Cardiac rehabilitation programs require expertise from a range of professionals from the multidisciplinary team including, a cardiologist, a cardiac rehabilitation nurse, physician, dietician,

lives. A simple definition of a heart attack is a sudden failure of the heart

Because Congestive Heart Failure has many causes, doctors need to find the underlying cause of the heart failure. So the doctors have to find out how and why the heart is malfunctioning before they can make a diagnosis. They do this by your medical/family history, physical examination, and a series of test. Some of the tests used to discover underlying cause are blood tests to evaluate the function of organs in the body, BNP blood test, X-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), echocardiogram (ECG), stress test, cardiac catherization, radionuclide ventriculography, or a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

A new study released March 16, 2016 by Kaiser Permanente found that heart failure patients had a 19% lower risk of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days when they were followed up within 7 days of being released from the hospital. The Heart Failure Management program aims to provide early follow-up within one week either by telephone or by office visit if necessary. According to the study, 45 percent of the telephone calls were made by non-physician providers who are qualified to adhere to an outpatient heart failure treatment protocol. Protocols have been established and approved by the participating cardiologists in the community and are evidenced-based driven so that patients will be receiving the best care possible.

1.Full blood counts: To assess the Hb for evidence of anemia, WBC for evidence of infection.

Attention getter: Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States. According to The Center for Disease Control (CDC), heart disease claimed more than 292,188 women’s’ lives in 2009, that’s 1 in every 4 female deaths. The National Coalition of Heart Disease states that “A woman dies every 34 seconds.”

In order to reduce or prevent the risk of heart disease, Karen Williams has to modify her diet and her lifestyle now. First of all she has to change her eating habits. She has to learn to convert her diet to a healthier one that emphasize fruits and vegetables, fat free or low fat dairy products, fiber-rich whole grains, nuts and legumes,

A heart attack is where the a blockage of the blood vessels cuts off blood supply to an area of the heart. The cause of this blockage is a process that occurs over several years known as 'atherosclerosis'. Atherosclerosis begins with cholesterol in the blood becoming lodged in the vessel walls. There are many other factors that influence the progress of this atherosclerosis. This causes the vessel wall to swell, resulting in a smaller vessel for blood to flow through. If this narrowing is severe enough, the entire blood vessel can become blocked, which is a heart attack. As the heart muscle does not receive enough

Blood tests, a physical examination and information about your medical history will be taken by your primary care physician. Diagnostic tests will be suggested if he/she has any concerns. One of the diagnostic tests that your physician may order is something called an electrocardiogram. Electrical signals are recorded in this electrocardiogram as they travel through your heart. Recommendations of Holter monitoring made be made in some cases. This ECG is when a portable monitor is worn twenty four hours. A previous heart attack or one that is happening can be revealed through an ECG. Another diagnostic test is called an echocardiogram. This test is when images of your heart are produced using sound waves. A stress test is another diagnostic test to look at your heart

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

A physical examination will be done by the doctor. The physician might order additional exams, such as, blood tests, chest x-rays, EKG, echo, and stress test. The chest x-ray will show whether the heart is enlarged or congestion (Common Tests for Heart Failure,2015). Electrocardiogram records the heart’s. rhythm (Common Tests for Heart Failure,2015). Echocardiography is an ultrasound uses sound waves to examine the heart (Common Tests for Heart Failure,2015). The stress test is when the patient walks on the treadmill and speed increases (Common Tests for Heart Failure,2015). The patient will then sit or lie down, and the heart and blood pressure are checked (Common Tests for Heart

Most heart attacks are related to the fact that the coronary arteries are blocked by blood clots that form in cholesterol rupture plaques. The absence of blood flow through blocked arteries leads to “Heart attack”. But over the past few years, doctors have come to recognize and better understand another form of heart attack. This unusual type of heart attack is not associated with rupture of plaques or blocked blood vessels. It is called taxonomic cardiomyopathy or cardiomyopathy of stress.

A patients history can help determine why they might be feeling the way they are feeling such as shortness of breath or other symptoms of congestive heart failure. A physical exam can help show the abnormal sounds when a doctor have the opportunity to listen. Chest X-Rays can be performed by helping dilated cardiomyopathy produces an abnormally large shadow on a chest x-ray film. Cardiac catheterization is used and during this procedure help to detect blockage in the coronary arteries. A blood test may also be performed to be able to determine a congestive heart failure,, thyroid disease, HIV or other viral infections. CT scans and MRI’s help diagnose in certain situations, also biopsy is performed by having to take a small tissue sample from inside the heart determine the cause. Different treatments can be used to help treat a patient are medications or Medical procedures and surgeries. Some of the medications if cardiomyopathy or another type of heart condition is to blame for ones enlarged heart; a patients doctor may recommend

     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.

rehabilitation appointment scheduled to occur within 7 days of hospital discharge.[2] A streamlined AMI cardiac rehabilitation referral and