Chapter 18 (finals) Flashcards
Cardiovascular diseases
____syndrome puts one at risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and type 2 diabetes?
Metabolic syndrome
also known as heart attack?
Myocardial infarction
thickening and weakening of artery walls by cholesterol and fatty deposits called plaque?
Atherosclerosis
arteries harden, making the passage of blood difficult and sometimes impossible?
Arteriosclerosis
procedure to bypass circulation around a clogged artery?
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
blood flow to the brain is blocked or a blood vessel bursts (stroke)?
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
(elevated total cholesterol; high LDL?
Hyperlipidemia
vessels in the extremities are affected?
Peripheral vascular disease
Adult diets less than___ of cholesterol per day?
200 mg
Chronically high blood pressure
Essential, or primary hypertension: 90% of cases; cause is unknown?
Hypertension
maximum of ___ from saturated fats and trans fats?
7%
From decompensation or severe injury to the heart muscle
Decreased circulation causes decreased oxygenation of the body.
Shortness of breath, chest pain on exertion, and edema are common.
The heart beats faster and enlarges?
Congestive Heart Failure/Heart failure
Caused by blockage of a coronary artery supplying blood to the heart
Heart tissue beyond the blockage dies.
Causes: atherosclerosis, hypertension, abnormal blood clotting, infection such as that caused by rheumatic fever (damages heart valves)?
Myocardial Infarction
Blood pressure ranges: Normal?
<120/80
Blood pressure ranges: Prehypertension
120-139/80-88
