Heart disease- a medical state
According to latest medical facts heart disease is the prime cause of deaths in the United States. According to medical sciences heart attack is occurred after the rupture of a plaque that allows the blood clotting. The obstruction of arteries results in blockage of blood flow to the heart and death of heart muscles. Hypertensive heart disease is disease caused due to effects of high blood pressure. The blood pressure uncontrolled for a long time can lead to different changes in the heart's structure.
Symptoms of heart disease
Chest pain associated with breathing problem is one of the prime symptoms of heart disease. Other symptoms related with heart disease are shoulder or back pain, upper abdominal pain, indigestion and nausea. Elder women and diabetics may experience different perceptions of pain. They may be experiencing fatigue or malaise, weakness and problem in walking or climbing stairs or even for completing routine physical work.
Heart Attacks
The slow down or stoppage of the blood and oxygen supply to the heart as a result of blocked arteries results in the heart attacks. This is the reason for the death of the heart. The cells get damaged after getting weaker due to stoppage of blood to the heart. The heart starts beating irregularly or even it can stop forever due to damaged cell. Immediate treatment is essential to save the patient otherwise the death is sure.
Heart Failure
Heart Failure is the condition when the heart becomes too weak to pump the enough blood to other organs of the body. Mostly, weak heart due to coronary heart disease is responsible for the heart failure but even serious illness can cause heart failure. The heart transplant is the single cure for heart failure. Without heart transplantation the death of patient is sure.
Latest development
Researchers have evaluated the stroke data collected from the General Practice Research Database from 1999 to 2008. According to these researches over 32,000 adults get suffered with a stroke in their study period. The NHS recommended AF treatment to cut preventable disability and deaths from the stroke. Findings have revealed that women are more likely to die due to stroke as compared with men. Researchers have observed effective improvements in the new stroke incidents and their survival. Great decrease in the stroke attacks have been observed in the older aged people that are above 80 years.
In fact every tenth patients was diagnosed with AF before getting infected with first stroke. Doctors recommend preventative anticoagulant to patients with AF. Women have a higher risk of having AF as compare to men, but they have a lower chance of going through anticoagulant therapy. Doctors prescribe anticoagulants to both men and women who are suffering from AF after a first stroke.
