APPH 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Angioplasty, Cortisol, Angina Pectoris
18 Jun 2015
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Apph 1040: scientific foundation of health- lecture 9: cardiovascular health and. Cardiovascular disease (cvd) includes vessels throughout the body. The major form of cardiovascular disease is coronary heart disease (chd) = #1 killer in the us- 25% of all deaths related to this. 700,000 americans each year have a heart attack. About 25% of these have a heart attack as the first symptom. Women are 5x more likely to develop cad than breast cancer. Deaths from cad have declined- down from a high of 54% in 1960 due to public health education and the resulting lifestyle changes and treatments. Pumps 2,000 gallons of blood per day. Hollow, cone shaped organ approximately the size of a fist. Located between the 2nd rib and 5-6th rib. Upper chambers that receive blood from outside the heart. Lower chamber that pump blood out of the heart. Arteries that take blood to the heart itself. Causes blood to not be able to flow through arteries.
