CH- Heart Disease

Resting and exercise picture of your heart’s electrical activity ($500 to $1,000)

multidimensional ultrasound picture of the heart ($1,000-$1,500)

Dye is released into your heart’s circulation (bloodstream) and then x-rayed ($2,000-$6,000)

Motorized Scaper Technique, Stent, Angioplasty, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Technique that uses diamond edged shaver to remove fat

Stainless Steel tube that is introduced into clogged vessel

surgical insertion of ballloon into clogged artery; then inflated and presses fat against the wall

Section of leg vessel is surgically removed and sewn to replace blocked artery

High Blood Pressure

Ejection pressure from the heart ( 130/80 (top number (130)))

filling pressure from the veins (130/80(lower number (80)))

130/80 (Old was 140/90)

Elevated atherosclerosis, arterosclerosis, risk of stroke, damage to eye and kidneys

Dietart control (Reduced sodium (salt)), Relaxtion/stress reduction, exercise, drugs

90% unkown, 10% specific causes (obesity, stress, other)

blockage in a brain vessel caused by fatty build up or travelling clot

70-80% if all strokes

clot of fat / blood that travels to narrow area

Bursting of an artery by a blow to the head ro brittle artery (arteriosclerosis) swelling, pressure, in the brain (msot common of the college population)

Ballooning or outpouching of a weakened area of an artery that bursts; Massive blood loss and swelling

Infection of heart valves that may cause them to not fully open or close; usually causes a "murmur" (Caused by Hypertension or Birth Defect or (untreated strep throat))

1 in 25 blue babies; Defects present at birth such as Valve defects, hole in heart muscle wall

Measles in mother during pregnancy, drugs(smoking), septum(alcohol), genetic abnormalities, pollutants