| Heart Attack
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| | sensor in the cuff provides information
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| Heart disease affects your heart's
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| | about the blood pressure or a doctor or
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| muscle, blood vessels, and electrical
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| | nurse will listen to the blood flow using
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| system and is the leading cause of death
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| | a stethoscope.
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| among women. The most common form of
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| | Hypertensive Heart disease
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| heart disease is coronary artery disease
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| | Hypertensive heart disease is any of a
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| in which plaque (a fat-like substance)
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| | number of complications of arterial
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| deposits on artery walls. Plaque build-up
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| | hypertension that affect the heart. It is
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| is called atherosclerosis. This is a
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| | one of the most common causes of death in
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| chronic condition that occurs in people
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| | western societies. Hypertensive heart
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| with risk factors such as diabetes,
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| | disease is the No. 1 cause of death
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| obesity, smoking, abnormal levels of
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| | associated with hypertension and is
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| blood fats, high blood pressure, a family
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| | actually a group of disorders that
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| history of heart disease and older age.
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| | include heart failure, ischemic heart
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| When a plaque ruptures, it causes a blood
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| | disease, and left ventricular hypertrophy
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| clot to form and suddenly block an
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| | Treatment
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| artery. If this happens in a heart
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| | Common medications include diuretics,
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| artery, it results in a heart attack.
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| | beta blockers, calcium channel blockers,
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| | angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)
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| Don't smoke
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| | inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor
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| Control your blood pressure
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| | antagonists, and direct vasodilators.
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| Control your cholesterol level.
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| | intravenous diazoxide or nitroprusside
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| Maintain a healthy weight.
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| | may be prescribed if hypertension is
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| Exercise regularly.
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| | extremely severe and intensive care is
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| Eat a low-fat diet.
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| | necessary. Preventive measures against
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| Take care of diabetes.
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| | hypertensive heart disease emphasize
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| Be aware of chest pain.
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| | control over weight, healthy diet (rich
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| High Blood Pressure
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| | in fiber and vitamins), and abstinence
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| High blood pressure (also called
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| | from drugs and alcohol. In cases of a
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| hypertension) occurs when your blood
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| | severe heart problem, surgery may be
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| moves through your arteries at a higher
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| | required to restore the normal blood flow
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| pressure than normal. The heart is a pump
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| | in the heart and/or blood vessels.
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| designed to force blood through our body.
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| | In addition to medications, recommended
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| Blood is pumped from the heart through
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| | lifestyle changes include weight loss,
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| the arteries out to our muscles and
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| | exercise, and dietary adjustments.
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| organs.
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| | Dietary recommendations include
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| Pumps work by generating pressure. Put
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| | increasing fruits, vegetables, and
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| simply, too much pressure puts a strain
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| | low-fat dairy products. Whole grains,
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| on the arteries and on the heart itself.
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| | poultry, and fish are also generally
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| This can cause an artery to rupture or
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| | recommended. Tran's fats and saturated
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| the heart to fail under the strain - in
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| | fats should be avoided. Patients may
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| the worst case stopping altogether.
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| | benefit from reducing salt intake. If you
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| Treatment
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| | smoke, stop smoking -- cigarettes are a
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| Blood pressure is measured with a monitor
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| | major cause of hypertension and related
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| called a sphygmomanometer. This is a
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| | heart disease. Reducing excessive alcohol
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| digital box attached to a tube with a
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| | consumption may also help.
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| cuff on the end. The cuff is placed
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