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Cardiac defribrillators
Cardiac defibrillators have come a long way in the last half a century. If you pay enough attention, you will notice that defibrillators are ubiquitous. -
Medications
Anticoagulant-blood thinner-helps prevent blood clots from forming in the blood vessels, can be used to prevent stroke.
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Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors
The traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease are high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history, diabetes, smoking, being post-menopausal for women and being older than 45 for men, according to Fisher. Obesity may also be a risk factor. -
CPR/First Aid
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was developed. The American Heart Association started a program to acquaint physicians with close-chest cardiac resuscitation and became the forerunner of CPR training for the general public. -
Heart Transplant
In 1967, a human heart from one person was transplanted into the body of another by a South African surgeon named Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town. In early December, Dr. Barnard's surgical team removed the heart of a 25-year-old woman who had died following an auto accident and placed it in the chest of Louis Washkansky, a 55-year-old man dying of heart damage. The patient survived for 18 days. -
Cardiac Bypass
"Dr. René Gerónimo Favaloro was an Argentine cardiac surgeon who created the technique for coronary bypass surgery in 1967. -
Stents
One of the major problems in medicine concerns blockages of blood vessels causing a lack of blood, and therefore oxygen, to an organ. One way to treat this is to remove the blockage. -
Heart Rate Monitor
The invention of the heart rate monitor has been very important to the fitness industry and as an aid to living a healthy lifestyle. -
Healthy Heart Diet
Choose foods that are low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and trans fat – avoid fatty meats and cheeses, desserts, butter, lard, fried foods, tropical oils and partially hydrogenated fats Choose the leanest cut of meat possible with skin and all visible fat removed Use fat in moderation and choose monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (from olive and canola oils, nuts, seeds, avocados, olives, flaxseed, soy and fatty fish) Limit animal protein sources (such as lean cuts of mea -
Exercise For A Healthy Heart
The simplest, positive change you can make to effectively improve your heart health is to start walking. It's enjoyable, free, easy, social and great exercise. A walking program is flexible and boasts high success rates because people can stick with it. It's easy for walking to become a regular and satisfying part of life.
