Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Academic Term
Fall 2014
Document Type
Project
Course Number
NURS 5330
Course Name
Advanced Pathophysiology
Professor’s Name
John D. Chovan, James R. Cacchillo
Keywords
Heart Attacks, Coronary Heart Disease
Subject Categories
Cardiovascular Diseases | Medical Pathology | Nursing
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CAD) is the most common cause of death for men and women in the US. The disease has been extensively studied in males (Gulati & Bairey Merz, 2012, p. 141). CVD poses an obvious challenge to the health of women. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is described as a "modern epidemic" (Banner, 2010, p. 3123). Although, the prevalence of CVD has prompted many studies for prevention and treatment, little is known about CVD in women. It Is now known that the mortality rates In women have surpassed that of men. Recent reports Indicate that CVD killed more women in three decades than men. In the US, 421, 31i women died from the disease (strain-Strand et. al, 2011, p.459; Gulati & Bairey Merz, 2012, p. 141).
Recommended Citation
Boateng, Samuel Agyenim, "Myocardial Infarction (MI) in Women" (2014). Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN). 54.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_msn/54