Suffering from Atherosclerosis is an extremely painful process and often results in death, but there are some other side affects that, though they might not result in death, will cause extreme discomfort and pain. For example, take Buerger’s Disease (Thromboangiitis obliterans). It is a condition were a blood clot forms in one of the veins or arteries in your extremities preventing blood from reaching them. (as shown in figure 1.3) Because blood cannot reach it, and therefore no oxygen either, the affected area will lose feeling and eventually die. This can affect almost anyone but primarily affects Asian and Middle Eastern men in there 40’s and 50’s, due to heavy Tabaco consumption, as well it can be transferred genetically. Symptoms for …show more content…
The Left Descending Artery (LDA) or more affectionately named the “Widow Maker Artery” due to its low survivability rate if blocked, is the vessel in which the deadliest of heart attacks takes place. Due to its location, right in front of the heart, and function, supplying the heart with blood, makes it the hardest to operate on. The Left Descending Artery descends directly from the main portion of the Aorta and, if blocked for too long (due to plaque or surgery), can result in serious side affects for the body because of lack of blood. Like mentioned previously, 735,000 Americans a year suffer from some form of cardiac arrest, depending on who’s research you look at, survivability rates of a widow maker are from 5% to 10%. This blockage is no laughing …show more content…
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, the high glucose levels in their blood causes increased damage to blood vessel walls and nerves that control your heart functions. Due to this, heart disease is the leading cause of death within adults who have diabetes. Statistics show they are 2 times as likely to die from heart disease. Other factors can add to this such as smoking, excess belly fat, abnormal cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and heredity. Luckily the steps diabetics take to help their diabetes also helps reduce their chances of a cardiac episode. Even without diabetes, a cardiac episode can affect anyone. According to the American Heart Association, the following are good practices to reduce the risk of heart attack, Stop smoking. If you smoke, quit, choose good nutrition, lower high blood cholesterol, lower high blood pressure, be physically active every day, aim for a healthy weight and manage diabetes. With all these combined you will lower your own risk for heart disease. Though, even if you take all these precautions, cardiac episodes can still affect you even if you are healthy due to stress of negative additives in you
According to Clark, M. L., & Utz, S. (2014) diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and
There are several factors that cause heart disease such as: smoking, certain fats, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, hi...
Approximately one million Americans suffer a heart attack annually. Four hundred thousand of these victims die as a result. Many of the heart attack deaths are due to ventricular fibrillation of the heart that occurs before the victim can reach any medical assistance or the emergency room. These electrical disturbances of the heart can be treated with medications once the patient reaches the hospital. Therefore, 90% to 95% of heart attack victims who make it to the hospital survive. The 5% to 10% who later die are those who have suffered major heart muscle damage.
According to Heart Matters, “This can happen either in the chest (angina) due to lack of blood getting to the heart, or in the calves (claudication) due to lack of blood to the legs. The most dangerous outcome of atherosclerosis occurs if the plaque ruptures (breaks down). The blood flowing over the top of the plaque can clot, causing a blockage in the artery that can result in a heart attack, or it can be carried downstream causing a stroke (Bennet). This informs me that the atherosclerosis can be dangerous with time if it’s not treated how is supposed to be treated on time.
An acute myocardial infraction is commonly known as a heart attack. A heart attack is a serious medical emergency that can cause death if not taken serious! “Every year, there are more than 3 million cases in America.” Says Mayo Clinic. Although, a heart attack can happen at any age the majority of the victims are 40 and up. An attack occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is damaged or interrupted. Heart attacks are usually caused by obesity, stress, high blood pressure, smoking and many other diseases or poor decision.
Wellen’s Syndrome is a very serious heart condition that can be defined as narrowing of the left anterior descending artery. It is a heart condition that can be noted on the patient’s EKG, and it doesn’t discriminate. Unfortunately, Wellen’s Syndrome doesn’t just affect adults, it affects pediatrics as well. The course of this paper will describe Wellen’s Syndrome, how the EKG will look, treatment, and the possible outcome for the patients.
Symptoms are generally radical and usually exacerbated by a racing heart palpitations, dizziness , fainting, fatigue and shortness of breath on exertion . The other differential diagnosis were right heart failure , symptoms includes the lower extremity oedema. When the legs are elevated at night, the fluid redistributes centrally causing pulmonary edema resulting in orthopnea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea ( Otto,2014) . Another differential diagnosis is the bicuspid aortic valve disease , this type of valve has only two leaflets ,with this deformity, the valve doesn’t function perfectly, but it may function adequately for years without causing symptoms or obvious signs of a problem(Otto, 2014). These differential diagnoses were discussed and explained to the patient and family as well as with the multidisciplinary team who recognized that these diagnoses were suitable in the situation of Mr
Blood clots can accumulate due to atherosclerosis plaque buildup. When plaque builds up and break off in the artery a blood clot can form. If the blood clot is large enough, it can particularly or completely block the artery. A blocked artery segment is what causes tissue death due to deprived oxygenated blood. If this problem is not treated right away, the portion of the heart fed by the artery will begin to die. Scar tissue will form on what was once health heart tissue. The heart damage may not be noticeable, or it may cause severe or long-lasting problems. (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Another cause of heart attacks is due to a severe coronary artery spasm, this is this least common cause. Coronary artery spasms are brief temporary tightening or contraction of the muscles in the artery wall. Spasms can emerge in coronary arteries that aren 't affected by atherosclerosis. It 's not clear as to why these spasms arise but they are most likely due to: physical exertion, emotional stress or pain, exposure to extreme cold, cigarette smoking, cocaine
Atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis is the main cause of coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis is the gradual buildup of cholesterol inside the artery. When this happens in a coronary artery, the space inside the artery where blood flows becomes narrow, making it difficult for blood to flow freely. The result is less blood flow through the artery and less blood supply to heart tissue. Symptoms can include chest pain, shortness of breath, and fatigue that can be mild, or abrupt and severe, such as a heart attack. –http://www.heartpoint.com
There are several comorbidities that are associated with diabetes, such as renal failure, glaucoma and other eye diseases, neuropathy, strokes, and high blood pressure. Diabetes is considered to be an expensive disease due to the associated comorbidities.
Heart disease kills over 600,000 men and women in the United States every year. That translates to one out of every five deaths are caused by heart disease. Heart disease has several factors, but they all contribute to difficulty in blood flow from the heart. It is most often caused by an unhealthy lifestyle such as a poor diet, little exercise, being overweight and smoking. People die from heart disease several ways including heart attack or stroke.
Overtime high glucose levels eventually damage blood vessels and cause nerve damage leading to heart complications such as stroke, the leading cause of death in diabetics, and heart disease. Diabetics are twice more likely to develop heart disease or a stroke than those that do not have diabetes. Good eating habits, exercise, monitoring and controlling your blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol can help lower the risk (Diabetes, Heart and Stroke).
Smoking, eating unhealthy diet, not getting enough exercise, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes can increase the risk of having heart disease.
Diabetes mellitus is one of the common diseases of the hormonal system. Diabetes is a disease caused by a number of factors such as due to complete or partial loss of insulin production or complete or partial loss of its action or both. Whatever the type of diabetes, the main feature of all types of diabetes is elevated level of blood glucose termed as hyperglycemia. A disease forming alterations in capillary’s basement membrane thickening, elevation of matrix of vessel wall and proliferation cell leading to the vascular complications such as narrowing of the lumen, and early atherosclerosis. Diabetes is found to be related with the elevated generation of atherosclerosis that affects the arteries involve in the circulation to the heart, brain and lower extremities. As well as diabetic myocardial disease, is one of the complications of diabetes. Diabetes founds to affect about 100 million people all over the world. The conditions of diabetes leading to the introduction and generation of microvascular disorder that is results by the destruction of the small blood vessels and macrovascular disorders that results by the destruction of arteries. In diabetic patient the major reason of inability and death is the vascular disease mainly atherosclerosis.
There are a considerable amount of risk factors that heighten one’s chance of myocardial infarction. The factors