Sep
04

Did You Know?

Every day the average heart beats (widening and narrowing) to 100,000 times and able to pump approximately 2000 liters of blood. If until the age of 70 years, the human heart will beat 2.5 billion times as much non-stop. Atherosclerosis comes from the Greek, which means athero is clay, and sclerosis, meaning hardening. This term is used to label a process in which a collection of fatty substances, cholesterol, cellular waste, calcium and fat compounds formed on the inside of the artery wall. This formation is often also called plaque. Generally affects the large arteries and medium size. Naturally, hardening of the arteries also occurs when we age. Angina, is a condensation of "angina pectoris" is a Latin language to express pain in the chest. Basically, angina is a feeling pressured, uncomfortable or painful neck, shoulders back, and arms. Angina attacks usually occur for a few minutes and will disappear when we rest and take medicine. Myocardial Infarction, is used to express a heart attack. Is due to blockage of blood flow in one or more branching arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. Termination of oxygen-rich blood flow to the heart muscle can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle. Somewhat different from the pain of angina, heart attack pain will generally last more than 15 minutes and not relieved by rest. PTCA, an abbreviation of Percutaneus Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, which means; through the skin (percutaneus), in the vessel (transluminal),...

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Sep
02

Coronary Heart Disease ( Information for Patient)

Causes - Diagnosis - TreatmentThe heart's like a pump work consisting of several rooms. Heart organ covered with muscles and with a variety of blood vessels in and out. The flow of blood from the lungs, where blood in the oxygen, flowing into the heart and pumped out to all parts of the body.When the blood has been sent that contain oxygen to body tissues, they will return to the heart and is pumped back into the lungs.The heart needs more oxygen to function optimally. But there is blood in the heart of the room itself is not functioning to supply oxygen to the heart muscle.Special blood vessels in the outer parts of the heart, called coronary arteries, in charge of supplying the oxygen-rich blood and nutrients to the heart muscle to function properly. Three major blood vessels and blood vessels are much smaller this task.When one or more blood vessels are blocked (usually due to the formation of blood clots in the lumen of blood vessels), blood will not reach the heart muscle at the...

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Aug
27

10 Healthy Heart Key Things to avoid Heart Disease

10 Key for Healthy Heart Cholesterol levels should be below 200 mg% LDL try always less than 100 mg% Try triglyceride levels less than 200 mg% HDL always try atas50 mg% Fasting glucose levels less than 120 mg% Glucose 2-hour postprandial (after meal) does not exceed 160 mg% Virgin pressure should not exceed 140 mm Hg for systole and not exceeding 90 mm Hg for diastole. Do not smoke or environmental tobacco smoke. Can be well controlled stress (positive stress) Regular exercise, gradual and measured (preferably a type of flu, such as breathing exercises, sports games, etc...

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