Heart Disease

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Title:
Heart Disease
Description:
We have no idea of the incidence or prevalence of heart disease in the US, but know that it is the leading cause of death in this country. In middle age, there are more male deaths from this group of diseases than female deaths; hence this is a serious problem. Question of interest: important to know why people (i.e. men) die of heart disease at age 40; more concerned about age than number of deaths, because we all have to die of something. The death rates (in middle aged men) because of heart disease higher in the United States than almost anywhere else in the world. This is probably due to environmental factors. Food? Diet? Lack of rest? We don’t know which environmental factors are important. Learning about heart diseases and what to do about them in your family. Types of heart disease: Congenital heart disease; methods to correct defects, mainly surgery, are available. Rheumatic heart disease; can be prevented and treated with antibiotics; surgery for damaged heart valves. Hypertensive heart disease; at older ages, females die at higher rate; weight is a factor Coronary heart disease; highest death rate; complex causes. Heart failure; heart isn’t able to pump sufficiently, blood backs up; can be treated. The following are not symptoms of heart disease and feeling them should not cause concern: palpitation—skipped beats Sighing Vague pain Great feelings of weakness. Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by Dr. Gerald Oppenheimer. Parker Wheatley and David D. Rutstein talk about heart disease in the United States.
Director:
Radar, Paul
Host:
Rutstein, David
Host:
Wheatley, Parker, 1906-1999
Date:
May 3, 1956
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Facts of Medicine
Subjects:
Cardiovascular Renal Diseases
Heart Disease--diagnosis
Rutstein, David
Wheatley, Parker, 1906-1999
Extent:
00:29:12:01
Link to Item:
https://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0CF7FF96DAAA456C8A85866F16C7D9BE
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Publisher:
Presented by the Harvard Medical Library and the WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_0CF7FF96DAAA456C8A85866F16C7D9BE