Coronary Heart Disease

Question 1

Risk factor ?

Answer 1

An increase of LDL’s (cholesterol)

Question 2

Normal artery

Answer 2

• Smooth blood flow
• Normal blood pressure
• No resistance to blood

Question 3

Narrowing of artery

Answer 3

• carbon monoxide gas from smoke
• high blood pressure of the person
• both causes damage to endothelium
• white blood cells repair this damage
• and encourage the growth of smooth muscle
• and fatty deposits, like cholesterol, under the endothelium
• This is called atherosclerosis

Question 4

Symptoms

Answer 4

• Angina
• pain in parts of the body
• light headedness
• sweating
• nausea
• breathlessness