Diseases And Risk Factors Flashcards
Give advantages of statins
- Reduce the risk of strokes Connery heart disease and heart attacks
- increased the amount of beneficial cholesterol
- prevent some other diseases
What name is given to my replacement heart valve that has been man-made?
Mechanical valves
Give a factor other than disease that can affect health
- smoking
- poor diet
- lack of exercise
Give a risk factor for Type II diabetes
- poor Exercise
- poor diet consisting of fatty foods
Which type of tumour is not cancerous?
Benign
What is Connery heart disease?
When the Connery arteries that supply the blood to the muscle of the heart get blocked up by layers of fatty material
What do you stents do
Keep arteries open
What are the disadvantages of stents?
A risk of complications during the operation
infection from surgery
developing a blood clot near the stent
Give the advantages of a stent?
- Lower the risk of heart attack
- affected for a long time
- recovery time is short
Which vessels are affected in Connery heart disease?
ConorAy arteries
What device can be used to keeping an artery open ?
Stent
Give three risks is associated with getting stent fitted
Complications during the operation
infection from surgery
blood clots
What is an artificial heart?
A mechanical device that is put in a person to pump blood if their own heart feels
What do statins d?
Reduce cholesterol in the blood
What does too much cholesterol mean?
A fatty deposit farming in the artery
