CV Diseases

Question 1

What is angina?

Answer 1

Lack of O2 to heart

Question 2

Lipoproteins are not absorbed from diet but_____

Answer 2

Made in the body

Question 3

Only 25% of blood cholesterol comes from diet the rest is?

Answer 3

75% is made by the liver

Question 4

When heart muscle cells die (necrosis) after an MI, their cellular contents ______

Answer 4

particularly proteins can be detected in the bloodstream

Question 5

What structural proteins are used to detect MI?

Answer 5

Troponin I or T most specific for heart damage, in conjuction with heart-specific enzymes like creatine kinase and myoglobin

Question 6

What is the medication to reduce clots of antiplatelets?

Answer 6

Low dose aspirin

Question 7

Drugs that promote cholesterol removal, reduce absorption from the digestive system?

Answer 7

Cholestyramine, Colestipol

Question 8

Drugs reducing production of cholesterol in the body statins?

Answer 8

Simvastatin, Pravstatin

Question 9

Drugs to lower blood triglycerides Fibrates

Answer 9

Benzafibrate, Gemfibrozil