We all know that smoking can be one of the worst things you can do to your heart. Smoking causes problems within the walls of blood vessels and also causes platelets to stick together, leading to clots. Other problems for the heart include alcohol, and caffeine. Alcohol increases the risk of afib, which leads to an increased risk of stroke. In some severe cases, alcohol may even cause heart failure. The following video answers many questions people may have about things that are good for one’s heart, and others which may actually be harmful. VideoJug: Heart Disease Risk Factors And Prevention
According to wikipedia, an epidemic is defined as “a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given menistral period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is “expected,” based on recent experience.” Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in today’s society and seems to be turning into an epidemic according to the definition above. Watch the following video to learn more and about other basics. VideoJug: Heart Disease Basics
Cholesterol is a major component that keeps your body running, but it can also be one of the worst things you can do to it. Cholesterol builds up in your blood vessels leading to many blockages around the heart and ultimately to a heart attack, the leading cause of heart failure. Keeping a low cholesterol and low sodium diet can save your life in the future. Watch this video to learn more about the effects of cholesterol in your body:
I came across this great video today that summarized many treatment methods for treating cardiovascular problems. Everything form dieting and exercise to common drugs are discussed in the video. Even important drugs that lower blood pressure are summarized. If you are someone who takes medication for heart problems, this video will teach you what each drug does and how it is vital for your health. Enjoy:
Even though heart failure is a leading cause of deaths among millions of Americans, other cardiovascular diseases can lead to forms of heart failure. Coronary artery disease is the single leading cause of death in the country today. “Rebecca Fox gives us an overview of the diagnosis and shows us what options are available.”
This website was created to educate people about heart failure. The first step to helping treat heart failure is to educate people about it. Many small symptoms such as being short of breath when doing small activities can sometimes prove to be big signs of heart failure. By educating others, the symptoms will not go unnoticed. Watch this video to learn how important education can be.
Sometimes, the medication needed to treat adult heart failure is not good for children who have heart failure. Medications in the class of “Beta-Blockers” are very expensive and do not have the same effects on children as adults. What is significant in the trial that was done was that 50% of the children ended up getting better on their own. Watch the video to learn more.
In order to be able to understand CHF to the fullest extent, one must comprehend the parts of the heart and the way they work together. I have read many articles on congestive heart failure and one skill that I have developed is to understand the medical terminology. When you read a new report on the drugs that are being developed to treat CHF, you can not really learn from the article unless you understand some of the jargon. This video allows you to understand the heart and all the big words that are associated with it. You will understand how the heart pumps blood, which is vital to comprehend ing heart failure. Enjoy!
Well I got a lot of response for the last post about the way a heart attack damages heart muscle. Here is a video that describes the symptoms of a heart attack. This one is probably more important, because if you ever feel many of the symptoms given, you should immediately go the emergency room to get checked out.
One of the biggest causes of heart failure is a major heart attack. A heart attack keeps oxygen from reaching the myocardial cells in the heart, which leads to heart failure. This is because the damaged tissue is unable to contract anymore. A heart attack can vary in the amount of damage it causes to the heart due to the size of the artheroma and the location in the coronary artery. Learn more by watching this video.
I remember I posted a site recommendation for the site or-live.com. Well on the 12th, they will have a live streaming video of a Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction. You can send messages to the surgeons and ask them any questions, that will be answered live. People that have enlarged hearts, develop systolic heart failure. This surgical procedure fixes these problems such as valve defects and problems with the ventricles. It is a very serious surgery, but in the long run it allows the heart to pump much more effectively than before. I hope you all watch the presentation. Here is a short video that explains everything.
Well, I opened up firefox today to find my normal yahoo homepage running full screen. However, something that caught my attention was the main news section. It read, “Growing an organ in a jar.” Curious, I watched the video and read the article. The organ turned out to be a heart, specifically a rat’s. These scientists have found a way to take all the muscle cells out of a damaged heart, leaving behind only the matrix structure. They then injected stem cells back in, resulting in a “renovated” heart. The hearts have seemed to recuperate well and beat normally after 7-8 days. These scientists have also been successful in doing the same procedure with pig hearts. This means that we may be able to do the same, with the thousands of patients that need new hearts in our own nation. Even though the researchers have agreed that they have a long way to go, this may be a start of something great in the medical field. Heart Failure patients might even have something to look forward to. Here is a link to the article with the video.
“According to the latest research, patients with atherosclerotic arterial disease—hardening of the arteries–have relatively high rates of experiencing a cardiovascular event like a heart attack, stroke or death within one year.”
You should watch this interesting video to find out more. Atherosclerosis is very serious and you should be checked often for other cardiovascular diseases.
I saw a very interesting video today from the Stein Institute. Dr. Kirk Hammond from UCSD, talks about the whole background of heart failure and how gene therapy can help patients. He goes into detail about the specifics of CHF and talks about the symptoms and signs. There are many interesting slides that are brought up during the presentation. I highly recommend that you should watch this video. Unfortunately however, I not have the rights to post it on this site. You can learn more by clicking HERE.
High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of congestive heart failure and can lead to many other serious complications. You should check your blood pressure often. Anything over 130/80 should be checked by your doctor. The older you are, the higher your blood pressure may be. Nevertheless, if you feel that it is too high, you probably need to be prescribed medications. Here is a video that can teach you more:
While working at a hospital, I have learned an extremely important thing that everybody should be aware of. Know your ejection fraction. This number helps out nurses and doctors alike when there is an emergency. Take time out of your day and get an Echo done to find out your EF. It can help get you treated faster. All it is is a simple procedure using an ultrasound machine that takes less than half an hour. Watch this video to learn more.
Hello once again. I want to start talking about ICDs as they are a very important device for people with Heart Failure. If you have symptoms of the CHF, you probably have one installed already. An ICD is a small battery powered electrical impulse generator which is implanted in patients who are at risk of sudden cardiac death or ventricular/atrial fibrillation. This device can be independently programmed to meet the specifications of the person it is being installed on. Just as a pacemaker keeps the heart in a correct beating pattern, an ICD shocks the heart if there are any fatal arrhythmias. The process of inserting an ICD is also very similar to the installation of a pacemaker. There is an electrode wire, which passes through the superior vena-cava and into the right chambers of the heart. Normally the wire is lodged into the apex of the right ventricle. This is one little handy device. Here is a little video showing the device in action.