Heart Disease

Excessive saturated fat intake increases the risk of heart disease by increasing triglyceride and LDL (low density lipoprotein) levels. Cholesterol can deposit in blood vessels, clogging them and causing heart disease.

Unsaturated fats can reverse this process.

Undoubtedly, the worst long term effect of heart disease that is left untreated would be death. But, the long term effects that occur while alive, that lead up to death, might sound better than dying, but it could turn out to be a long, slow process. Enlargement of the heart will occur, as will blood pressure, as the heart will be pumping faster. Blood vessels will become more narrow, and the heart will stop pumping as much blood to areas like the hands and feet, so that more blood can get to vital organs instead.

Diet has a massive impact on heart disease. Consuming a diet that is high in simple processed sugars, saturated fat and cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease. In contrast, consuming a diet that is high in fiber, fruits, vegetables and whole grains decreases the risk of heart disease.

Decreases your risk of developing heart disease

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Reversible myocardial ischemia is a condition in which areas of myocardium becomes ischemic during stress (exercise) but regain its viabililty (circulation) on resting and do not progress to infarction. Such areas can be detaected by myocardial perfusion imaging like Thallium (T-201)scan.

Left Ventricular Hypertropy is usually caused by some underlying cardiovascular disease. One of these is high blood pressure but there are others. Ask the doctor if any other causes have been excluded and if whatever test you had showed healthy aortas.

If the answer is not satisfactory seek another opinion...you could do this regardless. Take along the results of ECG's or whatever you have had done. Sometimes the other doctor can obtain the reports anyhow.

It may be that your doctor is correct, but unless they explain properly and can show they have excluded other causes it is easy to be concerned.

Smoking damages the lungs, so that the blood does not get all the oxygen it needs. This deprives the body from oxygen, and causes the heart to overwork. An overworked heart is not a happy heart.

Emily Dickinson died of Bright's disease or Nephritis - diseases of the kidneys.

A tight, squeezing, heavy, burning, or choking pain that is usually beneath the breastbone and may spread to the throat, jaw or one arm. A feeling of heaviness or tightness, of gas or indigestion.

Heart failure often develops after other conditions have damaged or weakened your heart. Over time, the heart can no longer keep up with the normal demands placed on it to pump blood to the rest of your body.

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A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases. There are four main types of disease: pathogenic disease, deficiency disease, hereditary disease, and physiological disease. In many cases, the terms disease, disorder, morbidity and illness are used interchangeably. In some situations, specific terms are considered preferable.

The AED is just a "democratisation" of a medical device used in hospital.

The real "invention" was the use of a electrical shock to stop an heart arythmia. I don't remember his name, but an American did the first test on a animal in the early 40ies.

Doctor Claude Beck made and succeeded the first test on a young boy in the late 40ies with a device created by a friend of him.

If you ever know the missing names, please, could you improve this topic ?

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The defibrillator was invented by Dr. William Bennett Kouwenhoven and a team of medical colleagues in 1933, in the basement of Shaffer Hall. Koewenhoven noted that a low-voltage electrical shock caused a ventricular fibrillation in humans, a process where the heart ceases beating, but continues to quiver, or fibrillate, rapidly.

Three conditions or diseases that can cause a heart attack are: obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Dietary Fiber is the complex carbohydrate that aids elimination and may help prevent heart disease.

Abana, a mixture of herbs and minerals used in Ayurvedic medicine, may reduce the frequency and severity of angina attacks.

A disease that cannot be spread from person to person is non-communicable. For example, lung cancer can make a person cough. But they won't give me cancer from coughing (though the cough can still spread viruses or bacteria). A person's heart disease is not "catch-able".

Hypertension means high blood pressure.

Blood pressure readings are measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and usually given as 2 numbers. For example, 140 over 90 (written as 140/90). * The top number is your systolic pressure, the pressure created when your heart beats. It is considered high if it is consistently over 140. * The bottom number is your diastolic pressure, the pressure inside blood vessels when the heart is at rest. It is considered high if it is consistently over 90. Either or both of these numbers may be too high. Pre-hypertension is when your systolic blood pressure is between 120 and 139 or your diastolic blood pressure is between 80 and 89 on multiple readings. If you have pre-hypertension, you are more likely to develop high blood pressure at some point. I hope this would be help full for you

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have a nice day. Hypertension means high blood pressure. Blood pressure readings are measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and usually given as 2 numbers. For example, 140 over 90 (written as 140/90). * The top number is your systolic pressure, the pressure created when your heart beats. It is considered high if it is consistently over 140. * The bottom number is your diastolic pressure, the pressure inside blood vessels when the heart is at rest. It is considered high if it is consistently over 90. Either or both of these numbers may be too high. Pre-hypertension is when your systolic blood pressure is between 120 and 139 or your diastolic blood pressure is between 80 and 89 on multiple readings. If you have pre-hypertension, you are more likely to develop high blood pressure at some point. I HOPE MY INFORMATION WILL BE HELPFULL TO YOU

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Obesity has been elevated from a secondary to a primary risk factor for heart disease because of its:

yes because my grandfatherhad one and he woke up and he had heart problems

i FEEL I AM ENTERING LAST STAGE HEART FAILURE. i JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT

I watched my mother at the end of congestive heart failure...we all did as a family. If you would like to know what to expect I would rather discuss this with you privately instead of where everyone can see and it would be more respectful to do so privately...but if you want me to post the answer on here just let me know...my mother died on march 8th.2010..one month tomorrow and my dad was diagnosed yesterday with CHF...he is now in the hospital to get the swelling reduced....so with my answer to your question I have the experience to give you what you are looking for and I am also a nurse..just let me know.