BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Angiotensin Ii Receptor Blocker, Heart Failure, Pit Viper
20 Mar 2015
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Many ancient culture knew of the importance of the heart. They even thought it was the seat of the soul (because it is the only organ that moves) Gladiator wounds provided the rst glimpse of the blood ow. William harvey discovered how the circulatory system works. He discovered that the heart is a pump; blood exits through the arteries and return by the heart. However, ibn al-nafus had described everything harvey did 500 years before. It is due to the poisoning from carbon monoxide by starving the heart through the coronary vessel. Diets high in fruit and vegetal are bene cial. This is problematic because doctors misdiagnostize heart attacks in women. However, after menopause, men and women are equal. Estrogen has been proven to not be the cause; it is still unknown. Exercise products your heart by improving the muscle strength of the heart. Microbes (herpes, cytomegalovirus, chlamydia pneumonia, prophyromonas gingivalis [gum disease])
