PUBH2008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hyperplasia, Antiplatelet Drug, Hypertensive Heart Disease
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Disease if the heart and or blood vessels. Common underlying mechanism in a number of cvds. Thickening, hardening and loss of elasticity of arterial wall (usually comes with aging) Atherosclerosis: narrowing or arteries due to plaque (cholesterol, cellular waste, fibrin, calcium, etc. ) accumulation. Monckeberg"s arteriosclerosis (medical calcific sclerosis): mostly in elderly, & affects extremities. 1 in 5 australian adults (22%) - 4. 2 million in 2014. 11% of all hospitilisation (-1. 1million) were due to cvd in 2014. Cvd was underlying cause of death in 29% (-45,000 deaths in 2014) Twice higher among aboriginal and torres strait islander people. 30% higher in remote and very remote areas compared to city. 43% higher in low ses compared with highest for cvd deaths &24% higher for cvd hospitilisation rates. Symptoms: chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, pain in jaw and left arm. 645,000 australians had ihd in 2014-15 (472,000 duw to mi and.
