Essays on Cardiology

Abstract

Firefighters coupled with other emergency responders are evidenced by numerous dangers within their daily operations. As such, the various firefighters are exposed to smoke, extremely deadly temperatures stress within the operative environment coupled with issues entailing the personal protective gear. Despite the notion that the varied fatalities reported are associated with burn and smoke inhalation, recent studies have shown increased deaths as a result of cardiovascular events. Studies within the firefighting frontier have revealed that cardiac related issues have accounted for the highest number of non-incident firefighter deaths. United states fire administration (USFA) coupled with the National fire protection Continue reading...

Introduction

The Cardiovascular Health Study focuses on the aged persons, who are about sixty five to a hundred years. The article states that, the number of persons above the age of eighty continues to increase at a fast rate. The persons above age eighty need constant medical attention because they face many risk factors that affect their health. In this article retention has been described as having retained persons used to conduct this study, through subsequent assessment. The information collected for the assessments, gets collected through longitudinal cohort study which uses observation. A longitudinal study uses repeated observations with same Continue reading...

The human heart, which is roughly the size and shape of a man’s closed fist, contains 4 chambers and 4 valves. The 4 chambers of the heart that divide its internal cavity into four regions are the right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium and the left ventricle. The atria constitute the upper chambers and the ventricles comprise the lower chambers. The two atria have thin walls and receive venal blood. Deoxygenated blood from the systemic veins is received by the right atrium. The left atrium receives blood which is oxygenated from the pulmonary veins. The two ventricles have Continue reading...

Introduction

Dietary fiber is a combined term for a diversity of plant matters that are resistant to digestion by human gastrointestinal enzymes. Dietary fibers can be categorized into two major groups according to their solubility in water. In humans, natural gel-forming fibers (gums, pectins, mucilage, and the remains of the hemicelluloses) are soluble. Whereas the matrix fibers or the structural (lignins, some hemicelluloses, and cellulose,) are insoluble, Dietary fiber and whole grains are among the best sources of nutrients including minerals, a slowly digestive energy and vitamins. (Byrne, 2011). They also contain phytochemicals such as carotenoids, lignans, inulin, beta-glucan and Continue reading...

Endothelial malfunction is the main cause for atherosclerosis. Arterial blockage increases the risk of stroke, congestive heart failure, and heart attack. Cocoa polyphenols, bioavailable superoxide dismutase, and pomegranate help the arteries from being damaged by enhancing endothelial function.
Pomegranate has influential antioxidant properties that protect the heart and blood vessels. Pomegranate juice reduces atherosclerotic properties, and reduces arterial plaque progression. Anthocyanins, Punicalagins, and tannins present in pomegranate acts as antioxidant and reduce cardiovascular diseases. Cocoa polyphenols enhance endothelial function, improve the free flow of blood, and prevents oxidation of LDL's.
Cocoa has a high concentration of flavonoids. Epicatechin and Continue reading...

Introduction

The term “risk factor” is very common in epidemiology. In general sense, it refers to a particular variable that is associated with an elevated risk of infection or disease. Since the number of diseases in the world is very large, the number of risk factors is also every large. The risk factors however vary from one disease or infection to another. However, there are a number of risk factors that are very common and play a significant role in many infections. One of these factors is molecular genetics. As the name suggest, molecular genetics is a genre that mainly Continue reading...

 Cardiovascular Disorders

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Cardiovascular disorders

Cardiovascular disorders are reported to be the leading cause of death. There are numerous grounds of the disorders that are directly related to the environmental and genetic factors of the patients. Each factor has the potential to influence the pathophysiology of patients in a parent that can instigate cardiovascular disorder. The most common observed is atherosclerosis is one such arterial disease that is believed to be directly concerned with the genetics. A number of studies have revealed the interconnection of the genetic factors with the source of the disease. In recent years, the investigation over the Continue reading...

- Research Problem, Hypothesis And Research Question
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is one of the heart diseases which cause death among people in the United States. Cardiovascular diseases are primarily caused by diets that have high saturated fat contents e.g. cheese and fast foods, as well as food containing poisonous toxins (Robison et. al., 2014). The disease affects different structures and the general functioning of the heart. Among the structures affected include the blood vessels, the coronary artery, aorta and the heart valves. Functions of the heart that are affected are the heart rhythms, and it can also cause both Continue reading...

Lipids are a group of structurally diverse hydrophobic compounds that are not very soluble in water. Cholesterol is a common lipid that can be obtained from the diet and is synthesized in most cells of the human body. It is a component of cell membranes, maintains membrane fluidity, and acts as the precursor of other important biological compounds such as steroid hormones and bile salts (Smith, Marks, and Lieberman 54, 163).
High concentrations of cholesterol in the blood can cause accumulation of fatty deposits on arterial walls that can lead to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, which are associated Continue reading...

Introduction

This analysis will focus on the excess intake of saturated fats and cardiovascular disease. The analysis is based on the report detailing my nutrient intake recorded for two days starting from September 4, 2014 to September 6, 2014. According to the analysis, my diet during the two-day period predisposes me to cardiovascular disease since it is high in saturated fats. According to the food guidelines given by USDA, saturated fats should contribute less than 10 percent of the total daily calories. However, my nutrient report indicates that saturated fats contribute 12 percent of my total daily calorie intake. Consequently, Continue reading...

- The Global Problem of Cardiovascular Disease

Introduction

Cardiovascular disease is a major global health problem that continues claiming the lives of many people. The disease requires a special attention of the global organizations because if they do not address it with immediacy, it threatens to kill more people in the future. The current projections show that by 2030, the cardiovascular disease shall claim more than 23.3 million lives each year (Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2010 p.1). In the united states of America, The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) explains that one out of four women Continue reading...

Article Analysis

The study chosen for this analysis is the one by Hennessy et al. (2009) dedicated to the cardiovascular safety of ADHD medications. It is describing a study that is yet in progress and focuses on the data gathered from two large databases (5 Medicaid programs and the HealthCore Integrated Research Database). The authors aim to gather data from as many as 500 000 users of ADHD medications of 3-17 years of age and 200 000 users who are above 18 years of age. It is the largest study dedicated to the cardiovascular safety of ADHD medications providing information both Continue reading...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is one of the heart diseases which cause death among people in the United States. Cardiovascular diseases are primarily caused by diets that have high saturated fat contents e.g. cheese and fast foods, as well as food containing poisonous toxins (Robison et. al., 2014). The disease affects different structures and the general functioning of the heart. Among the structures affected include the blood vessels, the coronary artery, aorta and the heart valves. Functions of the heart that are affected are the heart rhythms, and it can also cause both heart failure and heart attack. Various researches Continue reading...

The Admissions Review Committee,

Radiology Technologist Program
Ref: Recommendation Letter for Ms. Lisa Ewing
It gives me a great pleasure to write a strong recommendation letter for Ms. Lisa Ewing. As the office manager for Orange Cardiology Associates, I was instrumental and primarily responsible for recruiting Ms. Lisa Ewing as a receptionist about one year ago. Having interacted with her on a daily basis regarding patient appointments, concerns, and complaints, I believe that I am in an excellent position to evaluate and make a recommendation for her candidacy to admission into the Radiology Technologist Program at the XYZ University.
Ms. Lisa Ewing is Continue reading...

For more than ten decades now, aspirin has been a preferable and effective pain killer. However, its effectiveness in prevention and management of heart disease was established in 1970s. Based on research findings, the American Heart Association accentuate that; baby aspirin can effectively manage heart disease, particularly, those who have survived the same and in effect prevent heart disease to those vulnerable to heart attack (Halvorsen et al. 325). In concurrence with the above notion, the Food and Drug Administration establishes that; only those with a history of heart disease and those vulnerable to the same are permitted to Continue reading...

Discussion Replies

Discussion Question One

Despite the health related issues that are associated with cardiovascular diseases being mostly related with obesity and weight issues; little has been done to reduce cardiovascular diseases. The advocacy should focus on making the affected persons acknowledge that there is no embarrassment in being overweight. The affected people should be educated on the importance of being healthy. This is through advising them on the kind of diet that they should consume to maintain good health. This will ensure that the risk of succumbing to cardiovascular diseases is reduced (Labarthe, 2011). Body fitness programs should be established Continue reading...

As my medical experience has expanded, and I seek to move from a more generalized approach into more concrete specializations in certain fields, I have found myself drawn especially to cardiology. My love for cardiology started way back when I was in medical school; I am very much fascinated by the central and vital role the heart plays in the vast majority of our body’s functioning. During my aforementioned tour in Iraq, I was able to train at a major cardiovascular medical center, gaining experience observing procedures including diagnostic cardiac catheterization and PCI. While there, looking through the Continue reading...

Philosophy

Heart Disease as the Largest Health Threat
In our current period, I feel that heart disease is the largest health threat globally. This class of disease has been the deadliest if not one of the leading causes of death around the world based on the statistics and research done by many doctors and scientist. There have been some recent studies done by the American Heart Association showing statistical results including its risk factors. In addition, the results also showed that heart disease is still the leading cause of fatality among adults in the United States (San Luis, 2013). I Continue reading...

Health care is diagnosing, treating and preventing illness and other physical and mental impairment in human beings (Zuckerman, A. M. 2012). Health care is also work done in providing primary, secondary and tertiary care. A qualified health practitioner delivers it. This paper seeks to discuss the SWOT analysis and look at the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threat they face and identify factors affecting the organization. Among the weaknesses found internally are insufficient market and poor management and staffing. Strength is strategic geographical location, while opportunities and threat are availabilities of new technology and losses in the economy respectively.
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Care within A Community Context

Currently, the lifestyle of society in Saudi Arabia has transformed enormously. This has led to change of body physical activity, eating habits and behavior of people in Saudi Arabia. This has promoted preference of cardiovascular diseases such as ischemic heart disease commonly referred at as coronary heart disease. Due to this, the state and health institution have adopted techniques and procedures to help reduce the effect of the disease. Among the strategies include the promotion of physical activity of the people, policy development, and free regular checks in the public institution among others. In addition, the health institution and Continue reading...

Report Epidemiology Cardiovascular diseases and dietary fats

- Introduction
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- What is Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)?
CVDs include diseases of the heart, vascular diseases of the brain and diseases of blood vessels such as coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and heart failure. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most deadly CVD that due to lacking blood flow to the network of blood vessels surrounding the heart, also named coronary artery disease (CAD) or ischemic heart disease (IHD) (Nabel and Braunwald, 2012).
- The pathology of heart attack and stroke
Atherosclerosis is the major cause of CVD. The underlying disease Continue reading...

The strategy of conceptual mapping is used in burnout. The strategy involves incorporating the main aim of research in general conceptualization and findings. This strategy involves an understanding of Nursing research findings, and why or how the intervention should work and what happens if the intervention does not work.
The Concept Mapping for developing your Research Appalachian State University Boone article consists of different advances in helping the reader understand different variables and how they are linked to each other. The author is seen to adhere to conceptual mapping factors pinpointed by Batey. The author first tells the readers Continue reading...

Test Anxiety

Introduction
Test anxiety is often regarded as a unique construct of anxiety. It takes place when individuals find themselves in situations that require evaluation, especially in the formal testing environments found in the education system. Individuals who exhibit test anxiety at high levels often experience a disruption of their mental processes, especially when they have to engage their minds in evaluating tasks that are demanding in nature. According to Wachelka & Katz (1999), formal academic assessment work can be very demanding to the mind. The stressing of the human mind can lead to emotional instability. As a result, test anxiety Continue reading...

A summary of the change redesign of the cardiovascular surgical unit

As the unit manager of a cardiovascular surgical unit. The unit clerks complained sometimes that they can’t reach chart racks on the counter. Also, the workstation was small, outdated and disorganized. During the construction of the workstation, their wish list is incorporated in the redesign for optimum efficiency and effectiveness. Their top priorities were a new revolving chart rack in the center of a workstation, a call-light system and enhanced accessibility for both staff and the unit clerks.

Impacts on the roles and responsibilities

The changes in the cardiovascular surgical unit were implemented as per the wish list of the clerks. However, many complaints Continue reading...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), chronic diseases refer to human health conditions of long durations, which have generally low progression. Such diseases generally include stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, and heart disease. They have been considered the leading cause of mortality in the world at about 63% of all deaths. Research also reveals that most of the premature deaths, about ninety percent of these deaths occurring under sixty years occur in low and middle-income countries. A cardiovascular or heart disease refers to the umbrella term for the disorders that affects the blood vessels such as the Continue reading...

For example Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant
Program.
Angeli, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 55555
Analysis of Case Study
John Canon is a graduate of the prestigious American west coast university. He has majored in International business. After his graduation, he became a very successful biotechnology marketing analyst very early in his career. He became an expatriate in Germany working for IML (International Medical Laboratories). He is appointed by IML to become marketing product line manager for cardiovascular instrumentation. IML Continue reading...

Apart from good fats there is another food containing bad fat that one should avoid in the best way possible for a good health. Despite avoiding these fats, people are by consensus getting fatter increasing the trend for obesity. The major problem is that we are eating low fat foods and avoiding red meats like the plague.
In Chris Kresser’s article, He gives some amazing and interesting facts about Grass Fed Beef VS. Grain Fed Beef. After reading the article, one would change his or her approach towards some eating habits. People avoid buying grass fed beef because Continue reading...

Cadburyoma: A chocoholoma syndrome

Maria suffers from a rare syndrome termed Cadburyoma. It is a disease caused by consumtion of cadburo disease. It initially affects the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system of the body. Further on when the disease reaches its peak level, neuronal problems arise. Cadburyoma is seen in both males and females and is more prevalent in urban lifestyle.

History

It was first coined by a Lyndon F, a scientist working in the Ohio state university. He observed that patients with Cadburyoma had various cardiovascular problems. He noticed that these patients suffered from varied ailments in the cardiovascular system which included: arrhythmia, angina Continue reading...

Cardio-respiratory exercises can be defined as workouts which force the human body to burn fat via the process of aerobic to generate energy (Mikesky, Mikesky & Getchell, 2008). In this paper, the author discusses benefits of cardiovascular fitness as well as components of fit workout which can improve cardiovascular endurance.

Benefits of Cardio respiratory Fitness

Improve Bone Health
Cardio respiratory exercises, for instance weight lifting and jogging for 130-150 minutes every week, help in avoiding bone complications like hip fracture (Mikesky, Mikesky & Getchell, 2008). Exercises maintain strength of the bones through slowing bone density loss which are associated with aging. Moreover, in situations of bone Continue reading...

Conclusion

Ischemic Heart Disease, popularly known as IHD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, not only in this country, but also in most countries. There is clear evidence that the mortality rates of this disease has declined in the United States over the past forty years (Konchanek, 55, Murphy, 15, Xu, 48). However, IHD still remains the cause of death for one third of all the deaths in adults aged over 35 years. The 2010 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics update of the American Heart Association reported that 17.6 million people in the United States have Continue reading...

Obesity and its associated disorders are continuously becoming epidemic in the whole world. Several factors may lead a person to become obese. The factors that may expose a person to obesity include the psychological and behavioral. Research shows that approximately 1.2 billion people are overweight. If further goes to reveal that of the 1.2 billion people, 300 million are obese. In America, the number of obese people keeps increasing yearly (Ali, 2012). The numbers have kept increasing from 1990s. The Obesity affects the children and the adults. This is a major health concern because the numbers keep on increasing Continue reading...

Association of Between Influenza Vaccination and Cardiovascular Outcomes in High-Risk Patients

A Meta-analysis
This topic is very important in the field of nursing due to the fact that the influenza type infection in the current world are associated with both fatal and non-fatal anther thrombotic events. These risks therefore need to be taken into consideration in order to take precautions concerning the cardiovascular problems in the patients. It was found that the influenza vaccine was associated with the lower rates o risks of cardiovascular infections. The treatments among the patients were found to be effective. The use of the influenza vaccine was related with the decrease in the cardiovascular infections Continue reading...

Literature Review

Multiple research findings have shown that the risk of ischemic diseases increase with age, occur more frequently in men than women, and amongst black than white individuals. A 2001 study by Wayne et al. (2001) reported that more men than women die from coronary heart diseases, findings corroborated by Kanaya, Grady and Barret-Connor (2002). Coronary heart disease presents itself up to ten years earlier in men than women (Ryotaro and Minoru 2012). Another study showed that recurrent hospitalized myocardial infarction rate fell by 2.1% among women compared to 1.9% in men (Rosamond, Aaron, Chambless and Wang 2001). Aging is Continue reading...

With a lot of people becoming more health conscious, the question of whether humans should eat meat seems to bug most individuals. There are several contradicting and confusing arguments on the issue of eating meat. While other people believe that being a vegetarian is the way to go, one is convinced that humans were born to eat meat.
Although one has nothing against vegetarians, one believes that eating meat is part of human survival. There are some nutrients needed by the human body that can only be found in animals. A specific example of this is vitamin B12, which Continue reading...

Cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes have been the leading causes of mortality among adults for the past few years ( Mathers, Boerma & Fat, 2009).
On cancer, the corresponding estimates for total cancer deaths in 2008 were 7.6 million (about 21,000 cancer deaths a day), 2.8 million in economically developed countries and 4.8 million in economically developing countries. By 2030, the global burden is expected to grow to 21.4 million new cancer cases and 13.2 million cancer deaths simply due to the growth and aging of the population (American Cancer Society, 2011).
On cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), by 2005, the total number Continue reading...

Introduction

In 1960s, the Finnish men thought that it was normal for them to suffer from chest pain before reaching the age of fifty. The common answer to them when asked if they had already suffering from heart disease was “not yet” among those between thirty to forty years. The men in Finland had a very huge death rate in the world due to heart disease. Though they lean from logging and farming jobs, their favorite food was cheese, sausage, salt, whole milk, butter and cigarettes. They rarely ate any vegetables or fruits, among other greens because they dismissed it Continue reading...

Introduction:

The paper focuses on the question that which training method, whether aerobic or anaerobic reduces resting heart rate. The paper introduces literature relevant to the study and develops a methodology to reach to relevant findings via a thorough analysis, A short conclusion is presented at the end.
A stronger heart is one that can move more blood with each beat and is capable of doing the same work with fewer beats. Therefore, as a person becomes fit, his or her resting heart rate should get lower. While there are several factors that affect heart rate, a regular check on Continue reading...

Introduction

Heart disease is one of the leading global killer diseases. Owing to this fact, it is important that proper research is conducted so that enough data is obtained. Obtaining enough data enables the proper analysis, which can then unearth several critical characteristics that are useful in addressing the heart disease.

Calculations

Maximum Value point= 100
Highest Score = 92%
Lowest Score = 0
Median = 88
Mean = Sum of all Scores (X'S)Number of Scores (N)
= 0x2+75x3+80x4+88x5+(92x6)20
= 0+225+320+440+55220
= 76.85
Standard Deviation = √ 1Ni=0nX-X2
= 17.71
Test Reliability = 0.844
Standard error of measurement (SE) = Standard Deviation of Continue reading...

Cardiovascular diseases abbreviated as CVD are among the major contributors of disease burden worldwide and its epidemics have been advancing all over the world. Diet together with nutrition have been pointed as some of the major risk factors for most of the cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and coronary heart disease as well as other cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, type II diabetes, and high blood pressure. It is evident that kind of diet that people take has a significant implication on their health as well as the kind of diseases they have a higher risk of having. Continue reading...

Nutrition Paper

Part 1.
Scott, Paul. “5 Fishy Food Claims”. Men’s Health. August 2011. Web. Retrieved

Part 2.

In the August 2011 issue of Men’s Health Magazine it was stated that there is really no strong evidence based from prospective epidemiologic studies that will confirm that dietary saturated fat is closely related to adding the risk of stroke, Coronary Heart Disease (COD) or Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) based on the author’s interview with scientist Dr. Ronald Krauss (Krauss, Men’s Health). According to the article that was published in Men’s Health, the claim that saturated fat is sinful must be Continue reading...