NEUR30002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Prevertebral Ganglia, Cell Group, Stretch Reflex
11 Aug 2018
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* a significant portion of cvd is a neurological problem stress is a cause of and a contributor to. * elevated sympathetic nerve activity is a hallmark of most cardiovascular disease. * cardiovascular diseases are also major contributors to neurological problems. * the total global deaths associated with cvd are 16. 7 million 7. 2m from coronary heart disease, 5. 5m from stroke, 0. 9m form hypertensive heart disease, 0. 4m from inflammatory heart disease, 0. 3m from rheumatic heart disease and 0. 9m from other multi casual (including peripheral vascular disease) * of the cardiovascular diseases, the major contributor or a major contributor is high blood pressure. 49% directly attributable to high blood pressure for coronary heart disease & 62% for stroke. * cvd takes away productive useful life throughout the community. * disability adjusted life years is not just dying, it"s adjust(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for d(cid:455)i(cid:374)g or (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g disa(cid:271)led earlier in life. * the risk of cvd increases with every increase in systolic blood pressure.
