Healthy Heart
The great majority of people who stop smoking do it on their own with the help of their friends. If you have failed, you should go and see your own doctor and discuss the problem and get advice. He/She may be able to refer you, if there is local anti-smoking clinic. You can also get … Read more
Women who smoke are as liable to develop heart disease, lung cancer and bronchitis as men. Mothers who do so are more likely to have a still birth or lose their baby by early death. The children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are liable to a measurable delay in their physical and mental development … Read more
If you are still healthy it is important to stop before you get an illness due to smoking, especially if you also have raised blood pressure, are overweight, take little exercise or heart disease runs in your family. If you have just had a heart attack, one of the most important decisions you can make … Read more
Cigarette smokers are much more likely to have lung cancer, chronic bronchitis than non-smokers. The smoker’s cough can put further strain on the heart which will be much less when they stop. Strokes are also rather more frequent in cigarette smokers although the risk is not as great as for heart disease or diseases of … Read more
It undoubtedly is. Many studies have shown that ex-smokers are much less likely to have a heart attack than those who continue to smoke. This does not mean that non-smokers will never get heart attacks, but their chances are certainly less than those of smokers. Younger light smokers reduce their risk more rapidly than heavier … Read more
The coronary arteries are the heart’s own blood supply and they carry the fuel and oxygen needed for its efficient working. When these arteries are diseased, their lining becomes thickened by fatty and other materials, so that the flow of blood may be reduced, especially when the heart has to work harder during exercise or … Read more
Smoking is one of the main factors which cause heart attacks. The other two are raised blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels in the blood. If people in the United Kingdom did not smoke cigarettes, about 10,000 fewer men and women of working age would die from heart attacks each year. This chapter gives you … Read more
It is essential to check the state of the pacemaker at regular intervals. Follow-up appointments at the pacemaker clinic are usually made every 3-12 months depending on the type of pacemaker and its previous performance. By analysing the discharge rate of the pacemaker, measuring the strength of the electrical impulse and recording the effects of … Read more
Fixed rate pacemakers do not contain sensing circuits and are not influenced by biological or external electromagnetic signals. A demand pacemaker must be sensitive to the natural heart rhythm and therefore contains sensing circuits. The presence of a sensing circuit makes the pacemaker theoretically sensitive to other biological or electromagnetic signals which, if they closely … Read more
The transvenous and epicardial operations are the two main techniques of pacemaker implantation. The transvenous method involves the insertion of an electrode lead into a vein, found at the shoulder or the root of the neck. The lead is negotiated, under X-ray vision, into the correct chamber of the heart and wedged or secured in … Read more