Angina College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction

Angina refers to pain or tightness experienced in the chest area (Jevon, 2012). Angina is divided into stable and unstable angina. Stable angina takes place on exertion and occurs when the heart muscle demand for blood is more than the supply. On the other hand, unstable angina may occur in variety of clinical situations. This may include patients having coronary artery disease. Patients having unstable angina usually undergo diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are used on other coronary artery diseases patients (Braunwald, 1997).
Unstable angina emanates from the increase in myocardial oxygen demand or in a reduction in myocardial ...

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Health History and Physical Examination

A 50 years old American Male comes to the hospital with angina-like symptoms.
Subjective Data
Demographic data: There exists a risk of cardiovascular ailments or malfunctioning. The patient is an IT professional with long sitting schedules.

Reason for care: The patient was admitted to the emergency ward due to the severity of the pain 6 days back.

Present illness: Currently facing chest congestion with breath shortness and exertion, with heavy perspiration, recommended cardiac catheterization.
Perception of health: Patient is an educated, independent and sincere individual who thinks that he is healthy and with several precautions he will overcome the current situation. He is little worried about his excessive ...

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Abstract
Smoking is one of the most hated habits of the present generation. It affects almost every part of the body. Over 16 million people in the U.S. are living with some smoking-related disorder. Among the most important problems arising from smoking, include cardiac problems. Smoking is not only related to myocardial infarction, but smoking behavior could increase the chances of a second myocardial infarction, and these chances increase with increased smoking. Moreover, the number of deaths of people, who stopped smoking after CABG, within 20 years, was less as compared to persistent smokers, i.e. 46% ...

Abstract

On the differential diagnosis of the presented medical history, several medical conditions relating to the cardiovascular, digestive, respiratory, muscle and bone systems can be linked with those medical signs and symptoms. Exploring the several causes of the chest pain, all the above systems listed are likely to be a cause. However, the history of hypertension eliminates those that are related to the digestive, muscular and bony etiologies. Further reviewing the role of high cholesterol, palor and increased sweating, a conclusion of heart attack or condition is made. Further investigations might need to be conducted to make the definitive diagnosis. Once this ...

Heart disease, otherwise known as coronary artery disease, is a name given to a side array of conditions that impact the heart. These disease include arrhythmias, congenital heart defects, and. At times, heart disease has been called cardiovascular disease as if the two refer to the same issue. While they both involved the heart and human body, they are not the same. Heart disease refers to the aforementioned issues, among others, while cardiovascular disease refers to blocked, clogged, or narrowing blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease can often lead to an angina, a heart attack, general chest pain, or even a ...

The cardiovascular system consists of blood, the heart, and the circulatory system, which includes veins, arteries, and capillaries. The function of these organs is to transport oxygen from the lungs to cells throughout the body. Each organ system in the body is essential in providing homeostasis in the human body. However, the actions of the cardiovascular system are critical to human life. Many physicians, scientists, and other professionals dedicate their life to the understanding of the cardiovascular system and its diseases so that people can live longer and more productive lives. This paper will discuss the general anatomy of ...

Cardiovascular diseases are the illnesses of heart and blood vessels (arteries and veins) (World Health Organization). In fact, there are many different diseases of the cardiovascular system, but I would like to highlight the most common.

Arrhythmia

Arrhythmia is a condition in which the frequency, rhythm and sequence of heart contractions are violated. The symptoms occur because of various congenital anomalies, acquired diseases of the cardiovascular system, as well as under the influence of vegetative, hormonal or electrolyte disturbances and as a result of the adverse drug action.
Violated heartbeat, weakness and fainting are frequent companions of arrhythmia. The diagnosis ...

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Abstract
Smoking is one of the most hated habits of the present generation. It affects almost every part of the body. Over 16 million people in the U.S. are living with some smoking-related disorder. Among the most important problems arising from smoking, include cardiac problems. Smoking is not only related to myocardial infarction, but smoking behavior could increase the chances of a second myocardial infarction, and these chances increase with increased smoking. Moreover, the number of deaths of people, who stopped smoking after CABG, within 20 years, was less as compared to persistent smokers, i.e. 46% ...

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Care Plan Template

Patient Initials: XYZ Age: 52 Sex: Male
Subjective Data:
HPI: Stent placement with four days hospitalization. The patient was also showing angina symptoms thus admitted to emergency. He was feeling severe chest pain for four hours along with shortness of breath with exertion and diaphoretic. The symptoms existed for four days and on being a severe condition he needed intense care and visited to the hospital.
The symptoms were six months old and after some rest it used to be normal. He received urgent care in emergency ...

Despite the fact that dentists are primarily concerned with the areas around, and in the mouth, the mouth is a part of the body. The medication that a patient has and any other health problems can, and usually are interrelated to the dentistry care that they may be provided. Cosmetic dentistry serves little functional value to the patient, which is why it must only be carried through if it does not cause, or exacerbate the patient’s health problems (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004). Accurate recording and evaluation of the patient’s medical history is important in determining ...

ICU Observation Evidence-based Practice

ICU Observation Evidence-based Practice

Introduction of the Patient

The patient goes by the name T.P. A 72-year-old male who’s a retired truck driver. He’s immediate family includes his wife, daughter, and grandson (10 years old who is autistic and has turrets syndrome). He is currently diagnosed with myocardial infarction and altered mental state. The past medical history of this patient shows that he has suffered a lot of diseases including hypertension, diabetes mellitus Type 2, congested heart failure, peripheral neuropathy, CKD-3, CAD, dementia, chronic kidney disease and GERD.

The primary medical diagnosis is myocardial infarction which refers to regional myocardial necrosis ...

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What is the impact of smoking on chest?

Smoking seriously deteriorates the respiratory and cardiovascular functions of the body, and it is continuously increasing in young people. Problems in respiratory function can be checked through the measurement of chest expansion, respiratory muscle strength, and lung volume. Studies have shown that smoking decreases pulmonary function, and can result in airway obstruction as well as small airway disease in adult people. Smoking can also result in resistance to airflow, irritation of the airway, and cough. Researchers have reported that chest wall expansion is greatly affected in smokers. Smokers have lowered chest circumference as compared to non-smokers at the ...

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 pectoris, hematoma, valvulitis and ...

Abstract

Malta is situated in the central Mediterranean region. Mediterranean region is known to follow the Mediterranean diet; therefore, the incidence of heart diseases is low. Inspite of that, the rate of coronary artery disease (CAD) is very high in Malta. The latest WHO report shows 27.45% of all deaths in Malta due to CAD alone. Maltese have been following a sedentary lifestyle particularly due to lack of breathing space and urbanisation (dependency on motor vehicles and sitting in front of computers for long). Though standardized mortality rate is decreasing in Malta, it is higher than the rate of old EU ...

Amlodipine drug profile

1. Begin your drug profile the chemical name, generic name, and the Australian trade names for your chosen drug.
Amlodipine is drug that is used as blocking agent for calcium in the body. Amlodipine chemical name is 3-enthyl 5-mehtyl 2-(2-aminoethyxomythyl)-4-(2-chlorophynel)-1, 4-dihydro-6- methylperidine-3, 5-dicarboxylate monobenzenesulfonate (Alan Xu & Maiden, 2011.Pg. 34.). The generic name of Amlodipine drug is atorvastatin or amlodipine (Opler, Barnes &Noble books, 2005). Amlodipine’s Australian trade names are Norvasc and Perivasc (Upfal, 2008.Pg. 524.).

A) List the approved indication for your drug

Lehne (2004.Pg. 25.) states that Amlodipine is approved ...