Shelly Kutschenko
03-13-2013
COM 110
Informative Outline
Heart Disease in Women
Introduction
Greeting: Hello Everyone, My name is Shelly Kutschenko and I’m here to talk about Heart disease in women
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.”
Purpose: To inform my audience about Heart Disease in women
Preview:
I. Signs and Symptoms
II. Diagnosis and Test
III. Treatment.
Body
I. Signs and Symptoms: “Women tend to downplay their symptoms”
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(Mayo Clinic 2012) D. CT scan (Cardiac Computerized Tomography): Is used to check for heart failure, as you lie down on a table that looks like a doughnut a rotating machine take images of your heart.(Mayo Clinic 2012) E. Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging): According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a cardiac MRI uses radio waves, magnets, and a computer to create pictures of your heart.
III. Treatment A. Medication 1. Aspirin 2. Antiplatelet therapy
B. Lifestyle Changes 1. Quit Smoking: Each year more than 135,000 people die from smoking related heart-disease (WebMd). 2. Exercise: Dr. Dean Kereiakes, MD, FACC and Douglas Wetherill, MS notes that “currently, only 22% of adults in the United States exercise at a level that benefits their cardiovascular system,” (p.72) The US. Surgeon General recommends exercising for 20-30 a day, 5 days a week. (p. 75). 3. Reduce Stress : American Heart Association states “ Some scientist have noted a relationship between coronary heart disease risk and stress in a person’s life may affect the risk factors for heart disease, for example.”
C. Surgery
1. Angioplasty: Kereiakes and Wetherill write that “angioplasty is a procedure in which a heart doctor inserts a balloon catheter over a thin wire across an artery. The balloon is inflated and compresses the plaque to clear the arteries of any blockage.”(p. 106-107).
2. Bypass Surgery: In the book
The American Heart Association reports an even gloomier number, “Cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States. It accounts for more than 440,000 of the more than 2.4 million annual deaths. Cigarette smokers have a higher risk of developing a number of chronic disorders. (AHA, 2005).
Although the term cardiovascular disease refers to a disorder of the cardiovascular system, it is usually associated with atherosclerosis, also known as arterial disease. It is considered the leading cause of deaths in the world, taking 17.1 million lives a year. There are only a few factors that are non-modifiable, these being the persons age, gender, family history and their race and ethnicity. Although there are non-modifiable risk factors, there are multiple multiple risk factors that are modifiable that anyone can use to prevent getting any type of cardiovascular disease. These people just need to have the motivation to be able to change themselves and their lifestyles in order to better
Cardiac Echogram- This is to identify structural abnormalities in cardiac function, cardiac output, abnormal valves and MI (Buttaro, Trybulski, Polgar-Bailey, & Sandburg-Cook, 2017).
The doctor, cardiologist, and other medical professionals will be looking for certain things to determine if a person has heart failure; for example, a third heart beat (besides the usual “lub” “dub”). Heart failure is diagnosed by certain symptoms along with certain medical tests (Krum, 2009). Some medical tests conducted by various kinds of doctors are the following: Electrocardiograms, Echocardiography, and MRIs. An electrocardiogram is a machine that displays a person’s heartbeat to assess electrical and muscular purposes of the heart. Electrocardiograms are helpful because it can rule out a certain type of heart failure (Krum, 2009). Echocardiography uses ultrasound technology to examine the heart. This test can help with the diagnosis of heart failure because it can give the medical professional information about the left ventricle. An MRI is a medical exam to determine if someone has heart failure because it gives an evaluation of the
A carotid angioplasty with stenting. This is a nonsurgical interventional procedure. A wire mesh (stent) is used to widen the blocked carotid arteries.
Unhealthy diet and not exercising increase your chances of heart disease. Orientation to solutions to be discussed B. Smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol put a strain on your heart. Transition from introduction to body [How can you help yourself live a long healthy life?] Body General statement of the problems to be discussed I.
In a diet you want to avoid saturated fats, trans fats, and sodium. You would want to eat more fruit, vegetables whole grains that are fiber rich. Even fish, nuts, seeds, lean meats, low fat dairy foods are good to prevent heart disease. Physical activity is also a great way to help prevent heart disease. Any activity can help jogging, running, even walking just a hour and fifteen minutes a week. Others preventions can be to to go to the doctor regularly and get wellness exams, talking to your doctor about your diet and lifestyle. Checking your blood pressure, heart rate, and cholesterol are great ways to treat and to prevent heart disease. Avoiding smoking and secondhand smoking is also a good way to prevent heart disease. If your have a family make more Heart health family activities, such as going to park and riding bikes, walking, or even walking your dog. You could also make a garden and plant fruit trees with heart healthy produce. Staying away from stress will also help with heart disease and preventing heart disease. Once you get into your middle ages it is good to make sure you keep your blood sugar levels within normal levels. As you age you you should consider learning about the warning signs of A heart attack."How to Help Prevent Heart Disease - At Any
Doctors always wish well for their Patients but most times they are often too busy to educate female patients about their risk of cardiovascular disease. The involvement of women in clinical trials has only been adapted in recent years as the focus has always been on men. This trend actually aided in the soar of the death rate of women from cardiovascular disease. Hypertension, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, arrhythmias and valvular heart disease, coagulopathies and stroke, collectively known as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), contribute greatly to the mortality in women. CVD is preventable but yet it continues to take enormous toll on women. In 2006-2007 a total of 622,176 women died of heart disease according to (inc, 2011)
According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the number one cause of death in women, yet most women are not aware of their own risk. In the past, heart disease and myocardial infarction (MI) has been associated with men, which has lead to a misunderstanding within the public that women are not at risk. This has further lead to an oversimplified description of symptoms associated with men, which has been detrimental to women (American Heart Association). Davis et al. (2013) noted in her study that approximately every 34 seconds in the United States someone suffers an acute coronary event, and half of these are resulting in death. She describes that women are found to delay pre-hospital treatment longer than men, which is one of the most reliable indicators for MI complications at the hospital, not limited to recurrent ischemia, re-infarction, ventricular arrhythmias, and cardiac death. Women who had both non-modifiable and modifiable risk factors such as age, ethnicity, high cholesterol, hypertension, low socioeconomic status, and lower educational levels were found to delay hospital treatment with acute coronary syndromes even longer than those without these risk factors (Davis, Mishel, Moser, Esposito, Lynn, & Schwartz, 2013). Kalman et al. (2012) states that “Cardiovascular disease research until the late 1980’s sampled predominately men so the picture of normal cardiac symptoms is skewed toward a male diagnostic picture. Women, with a different set of
The first type of heart surgery is a bypass operation. This operation is done at those who suffer from
With men, anginal pain radiates from the left shoulder and down the left arm, jaw, or back. Women with angina pain, however, present with a burning sensation or tenderness in the sternum, arms, or between shoulder blades. Women may also experience gastric symptoms such as nausea or abdominal pain associated with angina (Aldwin & Gilmer, 2013). Men who present with heart failure usually have a decrease in ejection fraction; whereas, women with heart failure display more normal systolic function or diastolic heart failure. The survival rate for both in this case is very poor for men and women. However, women have a high outcome with heart failure than men Regitz-Zagrosek, 2012). Men are more likely to use cardiac rehabilitation than women. However, women are more likely to be more aware of their health than men (Aldwin & Gilmer,
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in women mentioned in chapter 4. As mentioned in the chapter that women tend to be older than men when they have their first cardiac event. Remedies that are mentioned in chapter 4 are 1) preventing or controlling hypertension, 2) lowering cholesterol levels and, 3) weight management to lower ones risk for heart disease.
An echocardiography which sound waves are used to provide moving image of the heart. This gives a detailed picture of the size, shape, chambers and valves work as well as an image notes the damage done to the heart muscle which can clarify what the patient is experiencing. Doppler ultrasounds uses sound waves measuring speed and direction of blood flow of heart and lungs.
Computerized Tomography(CT) Scan: CT scans use a combination of x rays and computer technology to create three-dimensional (3-D) images. A CT scan may include the injection of a special dye, called contrast medium. CT scans require the person to lie on a table that slides into a tunnel-shaped device where the x rays are taken (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2016).
3.Daily exercise like jogging and walking. It helps our blood circulation that can avoid heart attack.