Coronary heart disease is a potentially lethal blockage of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle, or myocardium. Its chief clinical manifestations are ;
1) Myocardial infarction( a blockage of a section of the coronary arterial system) resulting in death of the myocardial tissue by that arterial branch;
2) Angina pectoris, a severe chest pain signaling that the delivery of oxygenated blood to the affected area of the heart is insufficient for its current workload; and
3) Disturbance of the heart’s electrical conduction consequent to arterial blockage, resulting in disruption or interruption of the heart’s pumping action, often leading to death.
Most of the time we assume coronary heart disease is a condition affecting the elderly and therefore ignore symptoms in a younger person that could have saved life. The following cases demonstrate the importance of health knowledge and intervention in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in particular as concerns young people.
Wes Leonard, a 16 years old high school basketball ball player collapsed after scoring the final score that gave his team victory on the 3rd of March 2011 and died thereafter. Wes was a 6’2 tall young man and weighed 215 pounds. Autopsy report shows that he died of a cardiac arrest caused by an enlarged heart.
On the 5th of March a 17 years old rugby player collapsed after a tackle on his chest during a game. Matthew Hammer was pronounced dead on the pitch. According to the Coroner report Mathew died of cardiac arrest caused by a congenital heart defect.
Two days later on the 7th of March 2011 a female athlete collapsed during practice and was rushed unconscious to hospital. Sarah Landauer a 17 years old soccer player and track star died while undergoing treatment on the 9th of March 2011. Sarah had apparently collapsed in February 2011 while training but had been cleared to resume sports by her doctors. It is not clear what killed her but her parents claim that she had a cold and was having problems breathing
Read more: http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/becoming-aware-of-the-manifestation-and-warnings-of-cardiovascular-disease/#ixzz1ICdQrBNX
1) Myocardial infarction( a blockage of a section of the coronary arterial system) resulting in death of the myocardial tissue by that arterial branch;
2) Angina pectoris, a severe chest pain signaling that the delivery of oxygenated blood to the affected area of the heart is insufficient for its current workload; and
3) Disturbance of the heart’s electrical conduction consequent to arterial blockage, resulting in disruption or interruption of the heart’s pumping action, often leading to death.
Most of the time we assume coronary heart disease is a condition affecting the elderly and therefore ignore symptoms in a younger person that could have saved life. The following cases demonstrate the importance of health knowledge and intervention in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in particular as concerns young people.
Wes Leonard, a 16 years old high school basketball ball player collapsed after scoring the final score that gave his team victory on the 3rd of March 2011 and died thereafter. Wes was a 6’2 tall young man and weighed 215 pounds. Autopsy report shows that he died of a cardiac arrest caused by an enlarged heart.
On the 5th of March a 17 years old rugby player collapsed after a tackle on his chest during a game. Matthew Hammer was pronounced dead on the pitch. According to the Coroner report Mathew died of cardiac arrest caused by a congenital heart defect.
Two days later on the 7th of March 2011 a female athlete collapsed during practice and was rushed unconscious to hospital. Sarah Landauer a 17 years old soccer player and track star died while undergoing treatment on the 9th of March 2011. Sarah had apparently collapsed in February 2011 while training but had been cleared to resume sports by her doctors. It is not clear what killed her but her parents claim that she had a cold and was having problems breathing
Read more: http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/becoming-aware-of-the-manifestation-and-warnings-of-cardiovascular-disease/#ixzz1ICdQrBNX
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