Heart disease is a broad term that includes several more specific heart conditions. The most common heart condition is:
o coronary heart diseaseheart attack and other serious conditions such as: AnginaArrhythmia.
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Coronary heart disease In coronary heart disease (CHD), the coronary
arteries become clogged with fatty deposits. The deposits, called plaques, cause a narrowing of the arteries through which the blood reaches the heart muscle
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Heart attackA heart attack occurs when the supply of blood and oxygen to
an area of heart muscle is blocked, usually by a clot in a coronary artery
Heart With Muscle Damage and Blocked Artery
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Angina Chest pain or discomfort
that occurs when the heart muscle is not getting enough blood
Arrhythmias Irregular, or abnormally
fast or slow, beating of the heart
Other serious conditions
Health issues in Panama
Cardiovascular diseases,
especially heart diseases and
diabetes are the main problems
of this kind.
In Panama a person die
each 4 hours because of this fact.
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Tendency to overweight in adults over 18 years old , which stood at 34.1% over the whole country in 2000 and has remained in place until 36.6% for 2007.
33.3% of women are overweight and 21.8% are obese.
in the urban area the problem is concentrated mostly for both sex, with a prevalence of 35.% For overweight and 20.6% for obesity.
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Controllable risk factors include:Smoking. High LDL, or "bad" cholesterol and low HDL, or
"good" cholesterol. Uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure). Physical inactivity. Obesity (more than 20% over one's ideal body
weight). Uncontrolled diabetes. Uncontrolled stress and anger. sourcehttp://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/risk-factors-heart-disease
Ways to reduce the risk of heart disease:• Remain Physically Active• Do Not Smoke• Moderate Your Alcohol
Consumption• Stay On A Healthy Diet• Keep A Healthy Weight• Combat High Blood Cholesterol• Keep High Blood Pressure
in Check• Keep Diabetes Controlled
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• Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans 24 years of age and older
• Almost 700,000 people die of heart disease each year
Source: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp
Main Causes of Death in theUnited States
Health Issues in the United States
• In the past 20 years, the percentage of obese people in America has risen dramatically
• By 2007, only Colorado had under 20% of obese people
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Health Issues in the United States - Obesity
Overweight and Obesity – Contributing Factors
• Energy imbalance – eating too many calories and not getting enough physical activity
• Body weight as the result of genes, metabolism, behavior, environment, culture and socioeconomic status
• Behavior and environment play the largest role over obesity/overweight people and they are the greatest areas for prevention and treatment actions
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At state and local levels, the CDC fundsstate departments of health to conduct heart disease and stroke prevention programs
Currently, 33 State Heart Disease andStroke Prevention Programs are funded
CDC-Funded Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Programs
Funded states promote policy and systems-level changes to controlhigh blood pressure and high cholesterolin health care, work site and communitysettings
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State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Programs
•Helping health care providers makesystem changes designed to improvehearth health outcomes – example: increasing the number of people who havetheir blood pressure under control.
•Promoting hearth-healthy and stroke-freework site policies and programs such as smoke-free workplaces and insurance coverage for employee preventive services.
•Promoting training and standard protocolsfor emergency medical service pracitioners.
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Heart diseases treatments
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
(PTCA)
Valvuloplasty (balloon treatment for valves)
Implantation of stents (stent) in coronary artery
Treatment of electrophysiology (arrhythmia)