HEART DISEASE

• The term "heart disease" can be used to describe any disorder of the cardiovascular system that affects the heart's ability to function normally.

Heart disease is also called:
- cardiovascular disease (CVD)
-coronary heart disease (CHD)
- coronary artery disease (CAD)

• The heart is the muscular organ in the chest that maintains the circulation of blood throughout the body.

• Blood that has traveled through the body returns to the right side of the heart and is pumped into the lungs, where it absorbs oxygen.

• Oxygen-rich blood returns from the lungs, enters the left side of the heart, and then is pumped through the aortic valve into the main artery of the body (aorta) and smaller arteries that travel to the head, arms, abdomen, and legs.

Risk factors for heart disease:

- Family History
- Smoking
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity
- High Blood Pressure
- Physical inactivity
- Older age
- Congenital heart defects

The following are symptoms of heart disease
According to The Mayo Clinic

Cardiovascular disease symptoms can include:
- chest pain - may radiate to left
arm or neck
- shortness of breath
- pain, numbness,weakness,
or coldness in your legs or
arms, if blood vessels in parts of
your body are narrowed.

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• Pale or gray skin tone
• Blue lips
• Decrease in energy

•Heart disease symptoms vary, depending on what type of heart disease you have.

You might not be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease until your condition worsens to the point that you have a heart attack, angina (chest pain), stroke or heart failure

Heart disease symptoms caused by arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats)

A heart arrhythmia is an abnormal heartbeat. Your heart may beat too quickly, too slowly or irregularly.

Heart arrhythmia symptoms can include:

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• A fluttering in your chest
• A racing heartbeat
• A slow heartbeat
• Chest pain
• Shortness of breath

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• Lightheadedness
• Dizziness
• Fainting or near fainting

TREATMENT

Treatment for coronary heart disease (CHD) usually is the same for both women and men. Treatment may include lifestyle changes, medicines, medical and surgical procedures, and cardiac rehabilitation (rehab).

About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 deaths.

"IMPOSTORS"

These Mimic Heart Disease

• GI reflux (heartburn)
• Gallbladder attacks
• Lung diseases
• Anxiety
• Chest wall pain / costrochondritis

TIMING IS EVERYTHING!

Survival from a cardiac arrest decreases by 10% for every minute treatment is delayed

The American Heart Association (AHA) has spent more than $3.3 billion on research since 1949.