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Heart disease and stroke in women — risk factors, warning signs, prevention and care.
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Heart disease is the number one killer of women — yet the warning signs are often different from those in men and are frequently missed. This hub gives you the clear, honest information you need to protect your heart and brain health.
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Heart & Brain Health Treating Aortic Aneurysm The treatment of an aortic aneurysm depends on its severity. In cases where an abdominal aortic aneurysm does not exceed five centimeters or a thoracic aortic aneurysm does not exceed six centimeters, patients should be monitored with diagnostic exams every few months.
Heart & Brain Health Heart Disease Resources for Patients: A Guide to the Treatment of Hypertension http://www.diseases-explained.com/hypertensionhome/ American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/ One of the best sites for patient information about heart disease and strokes.
Heart & Brain Health An aortic aneurysm is the bulging of a portion of the aortic wall. Aortic aneurysms are believed to be caused by the gradual weakening of the artery due to atherosclerosis, arterial narrowing and hardening from cholesterol plaque build-up.
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An American Heart Association survey taken several years revealed that women tend to underestimate their risk of heart disease and mistakenly believe that they are greater risk of dying from other disease, such as breast cancer (click here to read about the survey).
Stroke is literally a "brain attack", caused when the vital supply of blood and oxygen is cut off to part of the brain.
Coronary artery disease (CAD; also called coronary heart disease, CHD) is the most common form of heart disease in America and Europe and is a serious health problem worldwide.
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a serious, chronic condition in which there is a deficiency in the heart’s ability to pump oxygen-rich blood. Left-ventricle (left side) heart failure occurs when the heart’s left ventricle cannot pump blood efficiently from the heart to the rest of the body.
U.S. government guidelines recommend an aggressive approach for treating high cholesterol and preventing heart disease in millions of women and men.
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) often show no symptoms before experiencing myocardial infarction (heart attack). Approximately 50% of men and 63% of women who die suddenly from CAD show no previous symptoms of the disease.
Tests to confirm coronary artery disease (CAD) may be ordered if a patient experiences symptoms or if age or family history warrant further examination. Angina (chest pain) and/or dyspnea (shortness of breath) may accompany CAD.
Treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) depends on its severity. In some cases, CAD may be kept under control with diet and lifestyle changes or medication. In more severe cases, surgery may be necessary to reduce pain or artery blockage.
The lifetime risk of developing coronary artery disease (CAD) after age 40 is 49% for males, 32% for women. Efforts to reduce controllable risk factors, including diet and physical activity, should be taken to decrease CAD risk.
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Not having a stroke in the first place is vastly better than relying on medical science to undo the damage of stroke after it has been done. Keeping cholesterol levels down decreases the risk of atherosclerosis and blood clots, both major causes of stroke.
Stroke is literally a "brain attack", caused when the vital supply of blood and oxygen is cut off to part of the brain. New emergency methods for diagnosing and treating acute stroke have recently become available.
The Five Warning Signs of Stroke Stroke can have many symptoms. The faster a person recognizes these symptoms, the sooner hospital care can be sought and received.
Various methods of medical imaging are excellent at diagnosing the disease that can cause stroke.
Time is Brain! Like a heart attack, stroke demands immediate medical attention. Emergency medical treatment can make all the difference in the world for someone who is having a stroke . . . it can be the difference between life and death . . .
Congenital heart diseases are defects, malformations, or developmental problems present since birth. Many defects occur before birth during cardiac development.
Heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias) occur either independently or as a result of other cardiac conditions, such as coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction (heart attack). In any case, rhythm disorders signal abnormalities in the conduction system of the heart.
An aortic aneurysm is the bulging of a portion of the aortic wall. Aortic aneurysms are believed to be caused by the gradual weakening of the artery due to atherosclerosis, arterial narrowing and hardening from cholesterol plaque build-up.
Treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) depends on the severity of the disease. In general, CHF is the result of a weakening of the heart over a long period of time, and consequently, there is usually no "cure" for the condition.
Cardiac monitoring of patients takes place at each step of patient management, from disease detection to diagnosis to cathlab procedures or open-heart surgery to recovery.
