Cardiovascular Disease Coronary Artery Disease and Stroke

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Cardiovascular DiseaseCoronary Artery Disease
and Stroke

• Mary C. Corretti MD
• Division of Cardiology
• University of Maryland School of Medicine

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The Heart
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Age
• Genetics (Family lnheritance)
• Gender

• High Blood Pressure
• Smoking
• Cholesterol
• Diet
• Alcohol
• Physical Activity
• Diabetes

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• Cardiac Catheterization
• EP
• Cardiac biopsy
• Cardiac Surgery

• EKG
• Stress Test
• Nuclear Imaging
• Echo Imaging
• Echocardiograms
• Transthoracic
• TEE
• Stress Echo

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Ultrasound
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C. Everett KoopSurgeon General

• Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of
  preventable premature death in our society and
  the most important public health issue of our
  time

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Bad Effects of Tobacco Smoke

• Increases Blood Clotting
• Decreases HDL (the good cholesterol)
• Decreases Estrogen Increases Androgen
• Increase Free Radical Production and Injury to
  all Blood Vessels
• Increases Catecholamine (adrenaline) --gt
  Increases Blood Pressure

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