2.5 Primary and Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerosis Flashcards

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List some modifiable risk factors for atherosclerosis

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  • Physical Activity
  • Smoking
  • Stress
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Alcohol intake
  • Hyperglycaemia
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List some non-modifiable risk factors for atherosclerosis

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  • Gender
  • Age
  • Ethnicity
  • Genetics
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Stenosis vs occlusion

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Stenosis: Narrowing
Occlusion: Blockage (such as in STEMI)

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True or false: atherosclerosis tends to start relatively late in life

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  • False
  • Atherosclerosis can start earlier than we may think, sometimes in people younger than 20 years old (!)
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What percentage of CVD risk factors are preventable?

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90% (!!!!)

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List some secondary preventative measures for cardiovascular disease (medications)

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  • ACE inhibitor
  • Antiplatelet (aspirin + ticagrelor)
  • Beta blocker
  • High-strength statin
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List some secondary preventative measures for cardiovascular disease (non-pharmacological)

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  • Increase exercise
  • Decrease stress
  • Smoking cessation
  • Improve diet
  • Decrease salt consumption
  • Educate patients on risk factors
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Hyperlipidemia vs hypercholesterolemia

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  • Hypercholesterolemia is a type of hyperlipiedmia
  • However, hyperlipidemia can also be used for any raise in lipids (such as hypertriglyceridemia)
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Role of HDL in cholesterol transport

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  • Carries cholesterol back to the liver
  • Cholesterol can then be broken down or excreted
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Role of LDL in cholesterol transport

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  • Carries cholesterol to cells
  • If there’s too much cholesterol, it can build up in the arteries, leading to atherosclerosis
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When we eat food, what does our body convert the calories that we don’t need into?

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It converts them into triglycerides

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What does total cholesterol represent?

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HDL + LDL + 20% of TAG

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What are apolipoproteins? What is the most atherogenic form of apolipoprotein, and where is it most commonly found?

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  • Apolipoproteins are the main proteins that make up lipoproteins
  • Most commonly found in LDL cholesterol
  • Most atherogenic is Apolipoprotein B
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What is the relationship between LDLC and Cardiovascular risk? What is the lower bound of this relationship?

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  • Lower LDLC, lower cardiovascular risk
  • There is no evidence of lower bound (or harm) for low levels
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Lifestyle ways to lower LDLC

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  • Diet
  • Exercise
  • Stop smoking
  • Cardiac rehab
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Pharmacological ways to lower LDLC

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  • Statin
  • Non-statin lipid therapy
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Per 1mmol/L reduction in LDL cholesterol, a person’s risk of cardiac death, MI, or stroke lowers by…

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Acceptable LDL range

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<1.8mmol/L

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Acceptable HDL range

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Acceptable TG range

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<2.0mmol/L

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What are the two most common statins used in Australia?

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Rosuvastatin and atorvastatin

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How do statins increase LDL removal?

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  • Increase hepatic LDL receptors
  • Increase removal of LDL from bloodstream
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What types of fats are associated with higher LDLC and Triglycerides?

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  • Saturated fat
  • Trans fat
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Which foods are linked to high HDL cholesterol?

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  • Monounsaturated fats (e.g. olive oil)
  • Omega 3 and EPA
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What types of fats/oils are mostly saturated?
- Animal fats - Coconut oil - Palm oil
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What types of fats/oils are monounsaturated?
- Olive - Canola - Peanut
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What types of fats/oils are polyunsaturated?
Vegetable and seed oils
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Why might it be that cooked vegetables do not reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, but raw vegetables do?
- Cooking increases salt and fat content - Cooking decreases some micronutrients such as vitamin C
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How can an increase in fibre decrease CVD risk?
- Bile salts produced by liver, usually used to emulsify fats and then reabsorbed. - However, soluble fibre binds to bile salts, increasing excretion of bile salts and thus prompting the liver to make more bile salts from cholesterol - As such, LDL decreases - Therefore, CVD risk decreases
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How do sterol and stanol fortification decrease cholesterol
Similar structure to cholesterol, competes with cholesterol for absorption.
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Alcohol standards limit
No more than 10 per week No more than 4 per day
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Why is it not the case that red wine is good for lowering lipids in a practical sense?
- Resveratrol has shown to decrease lipid in rodent studies - However, to get the same effects, you would need to consume up to 1000 glasses of red wine
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Summarise the mediterranean diet
- High in fruit, veg, whole grains, nuts, and seeds - Moderate fish and seafood - Slightly less dairy, eggs and poultry - Very little sweets and meats
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How does pasture grazing influence omega 3 of meat and dairy?
Higher in omega 3
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List five lifestyle modifications that reduce blood pressure
- Weight reduction - DASH eating plan - Physical activity - Sodium restriction - Moderating alcohol consumption
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What is the maximum recommended amount of sodium per 100g that we should aim for?
<400mg
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How much sodium in "low salt" products?
<120mg/100g