CORONARY HEART DISEASE

JOE SHMOE, 60YRS OLD, CEO BANK BUSINESS MAN,0 PETS, 3 KIDS, SMOKER,2-3 DRINKS WKLY

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS

OBSERVATIONS OF PATIENT JOE SHMOE

NO FAMILY HISTORY

PAST MEDICAL HISTORY

NO ALLERGIES

PICTURE FROM THE DOCTOR

DIAGNOSIS

• Medical history
• Physical exam
• Ekg- to see heart damage
• Stress test- make heart work hard to see if O2 rich blood is flowing in arteries or not.
• Echocardiography- sound waves to create a picture of moving heart. Shows circulation.

RESULTS OF LABS

• Shows cholesterol levels
• Shows triglyerides
• Shows calcium and protien levels.

CHD= PLAQUE IN ARTERIES

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LIFE EXPECTANCY WITH CHD

• Each patient is different
• Genetics
• Level of heart condition individually
• Proper medical treatments with surgeries and medications
• Patient maintaing a healthy proper nutritional life long diet with exercise.

Statistics for CHD
USA 600,000 people yell
Worldwide 80%

TREATMENT PLAN

• Heart medications
• Maintain healthy weight with physical activities and exercise
• Dont smoke or use alcohol
• Eat proper nutritional foods for daily diet
• Seek professional counselor to manage mental and emotional stresses

Pharaoh Merenptah died in 1203 bc, was plagued by arteriosclerosis. Nine of sixteen mummies studied also had evidence of the chad disease. First medical researchers used mummies in the discovery of CHD. 1203 bc.

QUESTIONS

• What is CHD?
• Why are coronary arteries important for the heart?
• Is your heart health important to you?
• Do you have heart disease in your family history?
• Do you keep up on your yearly physicals to be healthy?

CHIEF COMPLAINT