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A Heart Class that You Must Not Miss!
Important Questions Get Answered
Can Dysfunction Lead to Disease?
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Michael D. Allen, DC, NMD
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Pretest If cardiovascular disease is Americas 1
killer, what is the 1 killer in the world?
Cardiovascular disease is the disease of what?
Does cardiovascular disease have a nickname?
What is it? Of the top 20 drugs sold in 2006, how
many relate to cardiovascular disease?
T/F Heart attack can start in the brain.
T/F A heart transplant eliminates any future
heart disease potential. Will everyone eventually
get cardiovascular disease? T/F Aerobic exercis
e affects the brain. T/F It is important to watc
h your heart rate when exercising.
T/F Once heart disease starts, it can be turned
around.
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What Most Doctors Dont Know Can Hurt You!
The latest advancements you should know about
heart disease Discover how to save a life you
rs, a family members, or a friends
Heart attack can start in the brain (Brain,
2005). Dr. Allen has applied this research to
help mend potentially life-threatening
brain-heart problems.
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It is no secret that heart attack and stroke are
the 1 killers of Americans. The same generally h
olds true for the rest of the world.
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In fact, the American Heart Association holds
that it is just a matter of time until everyone
develops heart disease it is not a matter of if,
but when. No matter your age, sex, or country of
origin, heart disease is an issue that affects
everyone.
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The American College of Cardiology predicted that
the need for cardiologists will increase 66 by
2030. Everyone should recognize the impact of hea
rt disease in the next 22 years
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FACTS Our population is getting older Americans
are generally sicker than ever before
1.1 million Americans will experience an MI
annually CAD accounts for 500,000 deaths in the
US yearly More than 14 cardiac catheterizations
done in the US have normal coronary arteries
Death is the first sign of CAD in 1/3 of
patients 34th Bethesda Conference Can athero
sclerosis imaging techniques improve the
detection of patients at risk for ischemic heart
disease. JACC 2003 411855-1917
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The need for cardiac support is out there and
increasing daily as our population ages
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Screening for Heart Disease Which tests? When?
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) every 2-5
years Echocardiograms Stress tests (EKG, Echo,
Thallium) Cardiac CT Angiography Coronary
Catheterization IV Ultrasound Invasive p
rocedures
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Coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery
Percutneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
(PTCA) Bare Metal Stents Drug-Eluding Stents
Heart Transplants Artificial Hearts Tota
lly Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass (TECAB)
procedures are not working Medication is nearly
as expensive as any of these procedures
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Of the top 20 most commonly prescribed
medications of 2006, eight (40) of them are for
cardiac and cardiovascular disease
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Not one of these approaches drugs, bypass,
angioplasty, stents, transplants, artificial
heart address the fundamental causes of heart
disease.
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The further back in the causal chain of events we
begin treating a problem, the more powerful can
be the healing. If we treat only the apparent
problem without treating its underlying cause one
of three things may happen New problems may occ
ur The old problem may recur or persist Treatm
ents tend to be more difficult, expensive,
invasive, and have greater side effects
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Instead of looking to bypass the damaged area, we
need to ask why the blockage is there and
concentrate our efforts on finding out what
caused the diseased heart in the first place.
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Critchley et al. Brain, (2005), 128 75-85
Mental stress and sudden cardiac death
asymmetric midbrain activity as a linking
mechanism
(Brain, 2005 http//brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/
reprint/128/1/75?maxtoshowHITS10hits10RESULT
FORMATfulltextmentalstresssearchid1FIRSTIND
EX0resourcetypeHWCIT)
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The article reports that cardiac arrhythmia and
sudden cardiac death can be related to specific
neurological, psychiatric, or cardiovascular
conditions.
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We therefore undertook a study to identify the
brain mechanisms by which stress can induce
cardiac arrhythmia through efferent autonomic
drive.
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Across the patient group, we observed a robust
positive relationship between right-lateralized
asymmetry in midbrain activity and proarrhythmic
abnormalities of cardiac repolarization during
stress.
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lateralization of central autonomic drive
during stress results in imbalanced activity in
right and left cardiac sympathetic nerves. This
sympathetic drive asymmetry disrupts the hearts
ability to repolarize, leading to a
predisposition to arrhythmia.
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Is this you? Check the boxes that apply
5 Do you feel good after your cardiovascular
exercise? 5 Does your heart rate jump to your tar
get rate quickly? 5 Do you sometimes go beyond yo
ur target rate just to work a bit harder?
5 Does your heart rate get up to 150-160 beats
per minute, and do you keep it there for a 15-20
minutes or longer? 5 Do you huff and puff a lot?
5 Do you start sweating quickly? 5 Do you keep
sweating even after your shower?
5 Does your heart rate stay up for a while?
5 Do you feel a high after exercising so hard?
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If you answered yes to any one of these
questions, you may be setting yourself up for
heart troubles. While aerobic exercise is wonderf
ul for your heart and circulatory system, more
may not be better.
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Aerobic exercise helps use oxygen
Movements generate signals to the brain that
keep the heart from beating too fast.
The brain craves these signals and the heart
loves the safeguards they bring.
Cardiovascular exercise may be more important
for the brain than it is for the heart.
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A healthy heart stays within strict pulse
limits. Given average health status, the newest h
eart evidence indicates that a 44-year-old male
should keep his aerobic heart rate between
121-131 beats per minute. That is 30-33 beats
every 15 seconds. Sound too slow for you?
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The Maffetone Method Subtract your age from 180,
and then uses one of four rules to modify that
number If you have or are recovering from a majo
r illness (heart disease, any operation, any
hospital stay) or on any regular medication,
subtract 10. If you have not exercised before, y
ou have exercised but are recovering from an
injury or are regressing in your running, or you
often get colds or flu or have allergies,
subtract 5. If you have been exercising for up t
o two years with no real problems and have not
had colds or flu more than once or twice a year,
subtract 0. If you have been exercising for more
than two years without any problems, making
progress in competition without injury, add 5.
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Lets apply these numbers relative to the
Maffetone formula If you are 30 years old and fi
t into category b 180 - 30 150, and 150 - 5
145. This is your maximum aerobic heart rate.
Subtract another ten beats to find your aerobic
zone 145 - 10 135. For efficient
base-building, you should train within this range
during your aerobic work out.
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Revving your heart too fast could lead to
trouble, because heart attacks appear to start in
the brain and not necessarily in the heart.
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Note Recall seminars where we tested heart rate
and muscles
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Recent research shows that a heart attack is
primarily an electrical event rather than the
results of a blood clot. When the heart beats
faster than the brain wants to allow, that spells
trouble. Clots can form and heart problems are
more likely.
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While statistics show that men are more prone to
heart attacks than women are, the blunt truth is
that the American Heart Association predicts
everyone will eventually develop heart disease
and it is only a matter of time until symptoms
appear. Heart attack and stroke are Americas
number one and three killers, respectively.
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Here is the point An EKG checks the heart, but
it cannot check the brains power to manage the
heart. Most people exercise too hard and run the
risk of becoming another heart disease statistic.
Its like they unknowingly unplug their heart
from their brain and problems develop.
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Unhealthy heart habits are painless until that
one fatal episode, and that means trouble. That
is how heart disease got the nickname, The
Silent Killer.
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The stricter you are with your heart rate, the
harder it will be to reach your target range, and
the healthier your brain becomes.
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Aerobic exercise done properly quickens the
right kind of nerve signals from the muscles and
joints straight to the brain. That turns on the
systems that regulate heart rate.
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Broad-based aerobic control is crucial for proper
heart health. Daily moderate exercise within
strict heart rate limits not only builds heart
muscle, but it also stimulates the brain and
manages the heartbeat.
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Demonstration Questions and Answers
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