Ms. Esposito Cardiac - Case Study Example

Ms. Esposito cardiac case study Insert Insert The assessment of the cardiovascular risk involves having enough information about the history of the family, body mass, blood pressure and obesity. The normal lab results for Ms. Esposito according to cardiovascular assessment is because of her old age since the HDL, triglycerides and cholesterol are mostly found in child and adolescence age groups as opposed to older ages thus this doesn’t add any helpful information beyond the family or traditional risk factor assessment to adults.

Taking off the aspirin and the exercise she does by working in airline helps greatly in reducing the cholesterol and the fact that she does not smoke results to the normal lab findings. The small extra amount of her exercise also makes her body to function efficiently being also a cause for the normal results. The abnormal results such elevation of lipids and the weight results due to various reasons. First is because of her consumption of saturated fats which have been accumulated in her body leading weight issues and the lipid elevation.

The wine consumption has also facilitated the results for the same as well as her background since both of her parents is facing the cardiovascular diseases which resulted in her father’s death. These abnormalities are a threat to her life thus she needs to take the necessary measures to minimize and eventually curb them completely. Documentation of her cardiovascular assessment is that although there is progress, she needs to avoid the saturated fats and instead consume vegetables or cheese that will provide the necessary oils and help her reduce the number of calories.

The alcohol consumption also needs to avoid and more exercise to reduce the lipids elevation. This will be of great help in bettering her health. References 1. Raitakari OT. (2003).Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Carotid Artery Intima-Media in Adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. JAMA. 2. Bond MG, Berenson GS. (2008). Usefulness of Childhood Non-high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels versus Other Lipoprotein Measures in Predicting Adult Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The Bogalusa Heart Study.

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