HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -What is fibrillation? A life-threatening arrhythmia in which the heart twitches rapidly in an uncoordinated fashion. What is an aneurysm and how can it lead to a stroke? An aneurysm is a blood-filled weak spot that balloons out from the artery wall.

Detailed explanation-2: -Atrial fibrillation is disorganized and uncoordinated twitching of atrial musculature caused by overly rapid production of atrial impulses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fibrillation – Rapid, uncoordinated contractions of individual heart muscle fibers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cardiovascular disease is the term for all types of diseases that affect the heart or blood vessels, including coronary heart disease (plaque accumulation in arteries), which can cause heart attacks, stroke, heart failure, and peripheral artery disease.

Detailed explanation-5: -This is the technical term for a heart attack. The word myocardial refers to the heart muscle or ‘myocardium’. Infarction refers to a blockage in blood supply. Most myocardial infarctions are due to atherosclerosis – a build-up of fatty and hardened plaques in the artery walls that block off the blood supply.